[comments, OT] Netatalk/samba (was Hello List)


Subject: [comments, OT] Netatalk/samba (was Hello List)
From: Chip Mefford (cmefford@avwashington.com)
Date: Thu Mar 16 2000 - 13:44:25 EST


>Resent-Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2000 13:15:17 -0500 (EST)
>X-Sender: poc@leela.pocnet.net
>Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2000 18:56:37 +0100
>To: netatalk-admins@umich.edu
>From: Patrik Schindler <poc@pocnet.net>
>>also, my needs for both platforms RARELY intersect. and AppleTalk and
>>the need for services such as netatalk are rapidly moving towards
>>obsolescence with the advent of MacOSx.
>
>Which has no Server capabilities included, isn't it?
>

MacOSX Server has server capabilities, near as I can tell, they
are ASIP running under MacOS emulation, and a samba port.

MacOS X is not going to obsolete the installed base of MacOS-8x/9 machines
anytime real soon. Mac folks seem pretty addicted to the chooser, and
some of them get real cranky if they can't use it.



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