New Microsoft Knowledgebase article
Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton
lkcl at samba.org
Wed Jan 12 15:47:30 GMT 2000
On Thu, 13 Jan 2000, David M. Davisson wrote:
> Paul Rogers wrote:
> >
> > Erm, do a search for linux on the M$ KB and read some of the articles!!
> >
> > Also here's one that is *particularly* relevant to this list:
> >
> > http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q168/8/21.ASP
> >
> > Perhaps someone (like the powers that be) regarding samba could pop a polite
> > e-mail to M$ explaining the solutions to their problems? Perhaps they might
> > listen to someone with an e-mail address @samba.org???
>
> This is very interesting. At least M$ is aware that there are problems
> with domain browsing and nmb lookups, even if they are in denial. It is
> amazing how ignorant this article is about the basic underlying
> protocols. Its resolution is absolutely wrong. Samba when properly
> configured need not be the Master Browser. It is, however, the _ONLY_
> way to tame and tune browser elections.
>
> I have two questions:
>
> 1. Will M$ even listen to the Samba community?
yes.
eventually.
maybe they'll even take our advice. they _are_ starting to, but it's a
long process. there are several thousand microsoft employees, after all.
> 2. If yes to 1, who should we contact to try and educate them?
there _are_ people monitoring the samba lists, as their customers often
complain to _them_ these days, if samba doesn't work with windows.
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