MS is NOT getting rid of Samba, they're getting rid of SMB support. There is a difference. SMB was developed by MS and IBM about 40 million years ago (now called CIFS - Common Internet File System). After it was ripped off by the creator of Samba, it was introduced into the Linux world. Samba is not the only way to communicate with a Windows box from other operating systems. There are many 3rd party alternatives. Unfortunatly, many of you are too self-absorbed in it to realize that there is ALWAYS another way. Samba was hardly a golden pony--good riddens. Let's have some new technology. I thought you open-source freakies were open to new ideas.
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MS is NOT getting rid of Samba, they're getting rid of SMB support. There is a difference. SMB was developed by MS and IBM about 40 million years ago (now called CIFS - Common Internet File System). After it was ripped off by the creator of Samba, it was introduced into the Linux world. Samba is not the only way to communicate with a Windows box from other operating systems. There are many 3rd party alternatives. Unfortunatly, many of you are too self-absorbed in it to realize that there is ALWAYS another way. Samba was hardly a golden pony--good riddens. Let's have some new technology. I thought you open-source freakies were open to new ideas.