Likewise Extends Active Directory`s Embrace to Mac and Linux | Linux Today

Likewise Extends Active Directory`s Embrace to Mac and Linux

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jan 15, 2008

[ Thanks to Steven J.
Vaughan-Nichols
for this link. ]

“Linux-based operating systems boast some very impressive
management features, including detailed configuration controls for
the GNOME desktop environment and a unified software management
framework that puts Windows and its horde of disparate update
applets to shame.

“However, the lack in Linux of a well-integrated analogue for
Microsoft’s Active Directory and Group Policy to tie everything
together leaves the open-source operating system with a management
whole that adds up to less than the sum of its individually
impressive parts…”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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