The reason we can't continue using Samba

[eirvine]

Hi,

Joe Rhett wrote:
> 
> > > However, the fact remains that for most serious
> > > users of Samba, this announcement means that the
> > > product is effectively dead.
> >
> > This is not an annoucement.  Luke got mad and quit.
> > That's what happened.
> >
> > Does anyone ever listen?  We have over and over again
> > said that we are working on PDC support.
> 
> And you have over and over stated that a timeline isn't possible. Since
> that effective means you could quite happily deliver in Q4 2002 we can't
> possibly count upon having Samba function in any realistic part of our
> organization.
> 
> Nobody's asking for a do-or-die date. We just want to know if you'll
> deliver in 2000, 2001, 2002 ....

This timeline issue is, I think,a valid issue. However, remember the 
"timeline" for NT5, or Apple's OS X.
 
Perhaps it is just that Samba folks are more honest?
 
Eddie.