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[Web] "Amiga still better than PC" article ANN.lu Posted on 22-May-2002 17:33 GMT by Colin Wilson 24 comments View flat View list The Inquirer tech news site has an article here that you may find entertaining. List of all comments to this article Sorted by date, most recent at bottom Comment 1 Christophe Decanini 22-May-2002 16:19 GMT Comment 2 darklite 22-May-2002 18:52 GMT Comment 3 cOrpse 22-May-2002 19:19 GMT Comment 4 PaulT 22-May-2002 20:39 GMT Comment 5 4pLaY 22-May-2002 20:46 GMT Comment 6 Anonymous 22-May-2002 21:10 GMT Comment 7 Robert Goodlett 22-May-2002 23:53 GMT Comment 8 sc 23-May-2002 01:31 GMT Comment 9 Joe "Floid" Kanowitz 23-May-2002 04:16 GMT Comment 10 Akaru 23-May-2002 05:13 GMT Comment 11 Chip 23-May-2002 05:55 GMT Comment 12 Anonymous 23-May-2002 07:20 GMT Comment 13 Ole-Egil Hvitmyren 23-May-2002 08:31 GMT Comment 14 kjetil 23-May-2002 08:59 GMT Comment 15 Ole-Egil Hvitmyren 23-May-2002 09:11 GMT "Amiga still better than PC" article : Comment 16 of 24 ANN.lu Posted by Joe "Floid" Kanowitz on 23-May-2002 09:16 GMT In reply to Comment 13 (Ole-Egil Hvitmyren): Ole: The problem is that Samba, by design, is overkill for 'desktop' use; it was designed with the intent of taking over for NT 'domain' servers. If you were to use a standard like NFS locally (which itself can be a bit overkill), you'd have less fiddly trouble overall. Technically, anyone can take the Samba code and make a more managable solution, but few have. (There's a pretty simple Samba-based browser out there that's been merged into Lycoris and Lindows as their "Network Neighborhood" replacement, but it's still a bit bulky.) FreeBSD really bit the bullet, and some Kazakhi(!!) hackers did it right- you can now "mount_smbfs" like any other filesystem, though there's no associated server daemon as of yet. (Linux has some unrelated smbfs modules, but rumor has that it isn't well-maintained. I haven't looked into it, as I'm still hopeless with Linux kernel manipulation.) This isn't to say *NIX-like systems don't have their flaws (they've got tons, especially in the usability department), but I'm just nitpicking that Samba is a bad example. It's like complaining that IE-for-Windows plugins don't work in Voyager/iBrowse/Mozilla/Onmiweb. Does OS3.9 have an easy-to-use CIFS requester included that I don't know about? -- Ranty footnote: I have to wonder what may become of some of these alternative CIFS projects after Microsoft weaseled anti-GPL provisions into the license for their (court-ordered) opening of the protocol specs. If a Samba developer can be 'tainted' by looking at BSD code (or comments therein) derived from MS's references, that's a pretty severe dilution of the free-to-all-comers BSD license. Still, this has been hashed over elsewhere, and the Samba team feels they're in the clear/are willing to take it to court if it ever comes down to it. Jump... #18 Ole-Egil Hvitmyren Top Previous comment Next comment bottom List of all comments to this article (continued) Comment 17 kjetil 23-May-2002 09:41 GMT Comment 18 Ole-Egil Hvitmyren 23-May-2002 09:42 GMT Comment 19 darklite 23-May-2002 12:21 GMT Comment 20 Anonymous 23-May-2002 12:34 GMT Comment 21 Anonymous 23-May-2002 12:50 GMT Comment 22 MIKE 23-May-2002 14:32 GMT Comment 23 Anonymous 24-May-2002 06:40 GMT Comment 24 Anonymous 24-May-2002 08:41 GMT

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