[Gllug] Reverse question - what FLOSS s/w is better than

[John Winters]

Chris Bell wrote:
> On Fri 13 Mar, Richard Huxton wrote:
> 
>>> samba
>> Hmm - it's pretty much the only player in cross-platform SMB support, so
>> yes. On the other hand, MS by definition provide the most accurate
>> implementation. It'll be interesting to see what happens once the Active
>> Directory and Exchange documentation leads to better support. I'm
>> guessing MS will have to do a deal with appliance manufacturers or lose
>> a fair chunk of SMB revenue.
>>
>    Was SMB actually developed, or just adopted and used, by Microsoft?

Relying rather on memory, but back in the distant mists of time I went
to the original launch in Geneva (or was it Zurich?) of what was then
called "Microsoft OS/2 LAN Manager".  I still have the t-shirt and
holdall to prove it.

At the time they were very much pitching against Novell and made a lot
of how their entirely new protocol would outperform Netware.  As far as
I recall, it was portrayed as a joint development between IBM and
Microsoft, but the actual talks seemed to suggest it was primarily a
Microsoft development.

I just like having something with "Microsoft OS/2" printed on it.

Cheers,
John

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