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Interview with Andrew Tridgell

Posted by michael on from the sharing-made-easy dept.

Jeremy Allison - Sam writes "See here for a *great* interview with tridge. My favourite quote: 'In 50 years' time I doubt anyone would have ever heard of Samba, but they'll probably be using rsync in one way or another,' Tridgell says. Cheers, Jeremy."

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  1. Good article, but don't let RMS read it!!! by sootman · · Score: 4, Funny
    Tridge's software, Samba, lets Torvald's free operating system Linux co-exist with Bill Gates' Windows.

    Hear that "whirr"? That's Stallman spinning in his grave, and he's not even dead yet!

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  2. wasn't one of the developers by geekoid · · Score: 5, Funny

    for rsync suppose to go to the space station?

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  3. More Important Question by Raul654 · · Score: 5, Funny

    How long until someone patents it as a device for fixing Windows security problems?

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  4. rsync by dnoyeb · · Score: 5, Funny

    I have never heard of rsync, but I have a samba PDC in my basement. I'm not any hotrod Linux hacker or anything. My wife asked me how come she didnt see the same favorites on both computers?

    I made it so.
    I'm a good husband.

    Besides, these things are not just toys right? It was damn easy. Buying as much as an NT server still costs no less than $500 on ebay. samba cost about 5 minutes in FTP to get the latest for RedHat. On my K6-233 Asus tx97x its flawless. Flawless i say.

    Ramble on.

    Everytime I login I feel a little geekdom. Everytime my wife *doesen't* complain about the computer I feel like THE MAN. You see in my house I am Bill Gates. If windows breaks, I get the blame. If Linux is too confusing, I get the blame. So what we have here is the best of both worlds. BTW, i used to get pissed at the IT department for taking so long to launch new OSes. Now I am about to take XP off my computer because its loosing faxes and the printer dont work on it, etc... Its affecting my love life ;)