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Andrew Tridgell Joins OSDL

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the good-for-everyone dept.

rumba writes "OSDL announced today that Andrew Tridgell, Samba developer, joins OSDL as the lab's second appointed Fellow. Tridgell will continue to lead global development work for the Samba project."

13 of 112 comments (clear)

  1. Mirror by jonno317 · · Score: 5, Informative

    Since it appears the site is already bogged down.. Link

  2. Slashdotted by northcat · · Score: 5, Funny

    Site slashdotted. Here is the complete article:

    Site Error

    An error was encountered while publishing this resource.

    ZODB.POSException.ReadConflictError

    Sorry, a site error occurred.

  3. Related Samba.org news article by ctrlsoft · · Score: 3, Informative

    http://us1.samba.org/samba/news/announcements/#tri dge_osdl

  4. Re:Does this mean.. by armyofone · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Let's hope not. Best to keep the kernel small and let the specialized tools, (like Samba), do their job as modules or separate applications for those who need it. Those who don't use it won't appreciate the kernel bloat.

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    "A revolution without dancing is... a revolution not worth having"
  5. There's gonna be trouble this year... by mslinux · · Score: 4, Interesting

    First, Big Blue opens up 500 patents to OSS developers and OSS companies. Then we hear that Tridgell (the guy who makes Linux interoperate with Windows computers) gets a job at OSDL... is it just me or is something BIG about to go down?

    I smell trouble and it smells like Sun and MS ;)

    1. Re:There's gonna be trouble this year... by Atzanteol · · Score: 3, Insightful

      Hence everything is evil because somebody somewhere benefits from every action.

      Altruism is a myth. Take what you can get, and nevermind the reasons.

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      "Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge"

      - Charles Darwin
  6. For the mere mortal geeks by Rupy · · Score: 5, Interesting

    OSDL = Open Source Development Labs
    See Wikipedia for more info

    1. Re:For the mere mortal geeks by armyofone · · Score: 4, Funny

      Yeah. I still think they should consider changing it to OSJLA - The Open Source Justice League of America.

      But I'm not convinced that Linus, Andrew and the rest of the OSDL folks running around in tights and capes would be a good thing...

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      "A revolution without dancing is... a revolution not worth having"
  7. Excuse me, Simon... by ashitaka · · Score: 3, Interesting

    When you add a great new feature such as supporting Windows machine accounts on Samba make sure your user community is aware that it will completely screw up rights assignments on your servers as the new machine accounts get assigned to old user UIDs by winbind.

    I just spent a harried morning resetting all files back to their correct owners and groups.

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    If you don't want to repeat the past, stop living in it.
    1. Re:Excuse me, Simon... by ashitaka · · Score: 4, Interesting

      You know how Winbind works with Samba right?

      You set a UID and GID range in smb.conf like so:

      winbind uid = 10000-20000
      winbind gid = 10000-20000

      So your user billg gets assigned UID 10004 for example.

      Now this is all running fine until you run up2date samba or do a manual upgrade and you get the new version that suppports machine accounts. All of a sudden 10004 is now the UID for MYDELLPC$ and Bill has lost access to his files.

      Lovely little gotcha.

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      If you don't want to repeat the past, stop living in it.
  8. What is OSDL by stratjakt · · Score: 5, Funny

    I know what it's purpose is, who founded it, etc.

    I'm wondering if it's an actual physical place. A place where Linus and Andrew are actually at. Or do they work at home from their underwear, and OSDL just sends them checks?

    I just like imagining a giant room full of cubicles, with only two occupied, with little nametags saying "Linus" and "Andrew".

    And Lumbergh coming buy every 45 minutes to say "Hmmmmmm.... You know what? I'm going to need you to go ahead and come in on Sunday. Ok. Great. And we're putting cover sheets on all the kernel patches, ok? Great."

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    I don't need no instructions to know how to rock!!!!
  9. Re:While I'm glad to see he's back on his feet... by stratjakt · · Score: 3, Funny

    Wow. The joke was lame.

    But the fact that you actually know who "the other guy from Wham!" is, well thats indescribably lame.

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    I don't need no instructions to know how to rock!!!!
  10. Alexandre Julliard said to join OSDL as fellow by Ingolfke · · Score: 5, Funny

    Alexandre Julliard, of Wine fame, is rumored to be scheduled to join OSDL as a fellow in February. At that time OSDL, along with it's three fellows, Linus Torvalds, Andrew Tridgell, and Alexandre Julliard will announce a radically new direction for Linux, Samba, and Wine... to create Longhorn before Microsoft does.