[ Thanks to Matt for
this link. ]
“Sick and tired of paying Microsoft Software Assurance/Licensing
6 prices for Windows file/print services? If that’s you, you should
learn to do the latest Samba 3 file/print server dance from the
Samba Team.“Samba is a well-known, open-source drop-in replacement for
Microsoft’s Server Message Block (SMB)/Common Internet File System
(CIFS) powered file and print services. The newest version, Samba
3, is just out, and it works better than ever with Active
Directory.“NT administrators who are facing expensive upgrade choices as
Microsoft plans to stop supporting NT 4 server with its
domain-based networking on Dec. 31, 2004, should look carefully at
Samba…”