Properties of Samba server say "Windows NT server 4.2" ?

[Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton]

just wanting to go one better than microsoft - is that a crime?

On Thu, 28 Aug 1997, Gert-Jan Vons wrote:

> 
> Hello all,
> 
> I recently noticed that when asking for the properties of a
> samba server (i.e. right-click on name of Samba server in
> network neighborood), Windows tells me that it is a
> 
> 	Type: Windows NT 4.2 Server
> 
> It is nice to see that even Microsoft recognises that Samba has
> an advance compared to NT4.0 :-), but how come ? Is it just
> a harmless joke from the samba developers, or is it a bug ?
> 
> 
> 	Gert-Jan
> 
> PS1: keep up the good work guys, we're very happy with Samba!
> 
> PS2: I've seen this with 1.9.16p11, and it is still there with
>      1.9.17alpha5, client being a Windows NT4 workstation.
> 
> ---
> "I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us
>  with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use."
>     - Galileo Galilei
> 
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