NewsForge: Fedora Directory Server Offers Opportunity for Red Hat, Community

“The announcement at Red Hat Summit that the Netscape Directory
Service product purchased by Red Hat last year was destined for GPL
glory got a far milder reaction than the significance of this event
merits in terms of what it means for Red Hat, Linux users, and open
source software.

“Most people don’t deal with a directory service every day, but
probably interact with one all the time. Directory services
authenticate users, complete email addresses when you type in your
email client’s ‘To:’ field, and perform many more system-level
tasks…”

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