> In <Pine.GSO.4.02.9810120921250.7461-100000@taimen> Jukka Tainio (jtainio@ratol.fi) wrote:
> JT> On Sun, 11 Oct 1998, Khimenko Victor wrote:
>
> >> > Believe me Microsoft think Linux is a threat now. Its level with things like
> >> > java in their perceived threat list, so you can expect all the usual MS
> >> > techniques to start coming this way and very soon.
> >>
> >> Alredy: Windows98 could not talk with SAMBA "out of box". In jule there was
> >> article in MS KB where this topic was discussed and solution described. Not
> >> anymore.
>
> JT> hmm. Encrypted passwords. ;)
>
> Exactly :-) Most (if not all) readers of linux-kernel list is aware about
> problem but quite a few SysAdmins new to Linux will be confused by this problem
> and will blame Samba after scanning of MS KB ... Just a short example of "what
> MS could do with Linux". MS could do quite a lot of bad things with linux.
> How much this will hurt linux and how much this will hurt MS -- it's other
> question...
>
Actually, they'll find the article after scanning the KB.
The number of the article was just changed.
It's still there.
You can hate MS as much as you like, just make sure you are spouting facts
instead of half truths.
If you don't, yer just as bad as they are.
--Dan
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