samba is open source, so it's only a matter of time before someone ports samba to darwin and mac os x. ofcourse, samba is text based so people might try to sell graphical frontend…

Apple is using BSD sockets for its networking, with a backwards compatible OpenTransport call front-end to it only for Carbon apps. Also, Samba is already running on MacOS X Serve…

Im not familiar w/Samba, but does since linux/unix is capable of xplatform networking, then why will we still have to buy a 3rd party app to do this? One of the big arguments agai…

Quote: Originally posted by Keda: Im not familiar w/Samba, but does since linux/unix is capable of xplatform networking, then why will we still have to buy a 3rd party a…

What the heck is xplatform networking??? If you mean networking with an X-Window front-end, Apple doesn't need to create Quartz, integrate QT and OpenGL, AND give you every X-Windo…

I think he was taking Cross(X) platform.

I think he was taking Cross(X) platform.

Yes, I was talking about cross-platform. Since Samba is Open Src, I cant see why Apple wouldn't incude its abilities in OSX. After all, AFAIK, an 'lite' ver of Appache will come …

"As I said previously, standardization is used as an argument to get rid of Macs. Enabling (as part of the OS) x-platform networking(file/print) would give Apple a leg up in corpor…

That seems really shallow to say that standardization causes Macs to be tossed out on their asses. The Army uses Webstar - schools use the Mac - tons of colleges have taken their I…

Shallow or not, the entire ISdept & and the VP of my dept are anti-mac. Thay have been on a two year mission to rid the company of Macs. It is failing. The COO uses a Mac, s…

Well, with all due respect, one IT dep't and doofus management person doth not make an informed market analysis. The one thing to focus on is that MacOS X is getting so little tec…

Ok, we'll just disagree on smb support in the OS. But, the unfortunate reality is that many people are facing the same situation as me. Since Sambe is opnsrc, would the 'pretty…

Quote: That seems really shallow to say that standardization causes Macs to be tossed out on their asses. The Army uses Webstar - schools use the Mac - tons of colleges …

Well, I think the front-end would likely be written by a Cocoa developer who just got sick of not being able to do so without a front end. I don't think that Carbon really has the…

Yesterday I read at the MacOS rumor site this: Seamless networking between OS X and Windows with Consumer Not only will Mac OS X consumer contain a complete SAMBA distribution (S…

i read that too. it tells me two things. 1. since samba volumes will be available through the network browser, there will be no need for 3rd party gui front-ends. network browser…

Mac OS Rumors is entertaining if not for the utter stupidity of most of the stuff he puts up there. If you want a laugh, check out <a href="http://www.mosr.net/macosrumorz">…

MOSR is full of... Thought you all knew that

One of my main problems with the Windows interface is that it shows things that aren't there. For eg. on a standalone PC with no access to the internet, and no multimedia capabilit…

I'd just like to point out that the desktop metaphor is really just an OS hack on both the Windows and Mac sides. Obviously, files can't reside in some non-disk space (which the d…

It's this simple: The engineers working on the user interface for Windows and Mac OS X are power users. Unfortunately, they don't understand that most people who use Windows and Ma…

Yeah, that's obviously it. Apple developers just "forgot" who was using their products- they have obviously done no market research and have canned simplicity to make their jobs …

OS X has a desktop metaphor, but disks and drives do not mount on it. It is there. If you are familiar with NeXtstep/OpenStep, the desktop is essentially a shelf the covers the s…

Kudos to Orbit for understanding the value of an honest OS! I recently read that all one has to do to get to the root "computer" level is hit the big button in the finder window, …