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'Mr. Samba' Talks About Samba's Future

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the from-the-horses-mouth dept.

Jan Stafford writes "SearchEnterpriseLinux is running an article that gives the inside scoop from Samba guru John H. Terpstra on upcoming new features in Samba-3 and Samba-4, recent events in FUD-fighting and the benefits that businesses can realize by adopting open source early."

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  1. Samba by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Arrr. Samba-3 development an' support will continue until at least 2008. O'er that time 't will be gi'en th' ability t' integrate more seamlessly wi' Windows Active Directory an' its clients. Remote captainship features will be further expanded, an' a new remote procedure call infrastructure will replace th' current one, which will be keelhauled. Arrr. Additional facilities bein' added will assist sites that be havin' specific Sarbanes-Oxley requirements. Th' myriad o' new technologies in Samba-4 will be aft-ported t' Samba-3, thus narrowin' th' gap between th' two versions. Samba-4 will ship within th' next voyage an' will live alongside Samba-3 fer a long time. Both versions will strive t' reduce resource requirements an' improve efficiency. Documentation improvements will also continue t' be made, wi' greater focus on support o' deployment an' wi' a lesser focus on th' nuts an' bolts in its internals.

  2. Re:Mr Samba? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    No, Tridge be Captain Samba. Only a lubber'd be plain Mr Samba. Arr.

  3. Obligatory Carl Douglas (long one) by Dark+Coder · · Score: 4, Funny

    Everybody was Kung-FUD fighting
    Those hacks were fast as lightning
    In fact it was a little bit frightning
    But they crack 'en expert typing.

    They were funky Hacking dudes from funky IRC
    They were hacking them up and they were hacking them down
    It's an ancient Cracker art and everybody knew their part
    From a p0f into nmap, and cracking with l0pht.

    Everybody was Kung-FUD fighting
    Those hacks were fast as lightning
    In fact it was a little bit frightning
    But they hack with typing a blazin'.

    There was funky K'vin Mitnick and little Jon Johansen.
    He said here comes the big mafia, lets get it on
    We ping their host and made a stand, started DoS'ing with deft of a hand
    The sudden BSOD made me lurch, now we're into a brand new stepping stones.

    Everybody was kung-FUD fighting
    Those hacks were fast as lightning
    In fact it was a little bit frightning
    But they flip it with incredible l33t typin'.

    (repeat)..make sure you have expert typing
    Kung-FUD fighting, had to be fast as lightning