Microsoft won't dance with Samba

Dexsal · Jan 29, 2005, 05:50 AM

Microsoft's proposed server interoperability licence - imposed on it by the EU - will shut the door on open source software such as Samba, say critics.

The Free Software Foundation is lobbying the European government to reject the server licence that Microsoft has proposed following the European Commission's antitrust ruling. Microsoft's terms, says the FSF, will mean that open source software such as the widely-used Samba file and print server software, will not be included in the interoperability measures intended by the EU.

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nForcer · Jan 29, 2005, 05:52 AM

Well they wanted a change, and they got one.
Now they don't like it, but we have a phrase for that. Sucks to be you!

md5 · Jan 29, 2005, 11:48 AM

Thas was a bad move. A lot of companies have a mix of Linux and Windows PCs... most of them have Linux servers too. Killing the compatibility between the two is stupid, it'll just make people even angrier against Microsoft

Jan 29, 2005, 05:50 AM	#1
Dexsal Space Monocerotis Join Date: May 2004 Location: Aust Posts: 1,401 Rep Power: 0	Microsoft won't dance with Samba Microsoft's proposed server interoperability licence - imposed on it by the EU - will shut the door on open source software such as Samba, say critics. The Free Software Foundation is lobbying the European government to reject the server licence that Microsoft has proposed following the European Commission's antitrust ruling. Microsoft's terms, says the FSF, will mean that open source software such as the widely-used Samba file and print server software, will not be included in the interoperability measures intended by the EU. Read More ZDnet

Jan 29, 2005, 11:48 AM	#3
md5 DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Inside DriverHeaven Posts: 856 Rep Power: 46	Thas was a bad move. A lot of companies have a mix of Linux and Windows PCs... most of them have Linux servers too. Killing the compatibility between the two is stupid, it'll just make people even angrier against Microsoft __________________

Jan 29, 2005, 05:52 AM	#2
nForcer Twice the fun! Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 1,404 Rep Power: 0	Well they wanted a change, and they got one. Now they don't like it, but we have a phrase for that. Sucks to be you!