SYSKEY2. Request For Comments

[Michael H. Warfield]

On Wed, Feb 09, 2000 at 03:24:52AM +1100, Matthew Keller wrote:
> "Michael H. Warfield" wrote:
> >         Our main goal is not to do anything with the Windows systems other
> > than interoperate with them.  We aren't changing Windows NT at all.  We
> > aren't changing Windows 95/98 at all.  Ok...  Maybe we are changing them
> > by uncovering bugs that Microsoft then has to go fix.  But we aren't the
> > ones doing to fixing.
> > 
> >         This may sound like a lot of semantics, but the difference is
> > crucial.

> 	Depends on your interpretaion of "fixing NT". No, SAMBA project does
> not fix Windows NT- But it offers an enhanced competitor- A competitor
> that is more stable, more reliable, more scalable, and more configurable
> that NT. IMHO these are "fixes". :)

	No offense, but that interpretation sounds like you would call
purchasing a Porshe to be a fix for a Ford.  I won't disagree with your
view, it's just that your choice of terminology in non-obvious and
confusing.

> -- 

>           - Matthew Keller -
>        Lead Programmer/Analyst
>   Distributed Computing and Telemedia
> State University of New York at Potsdam

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	Mike
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