Re: Long Time Samba No Work-Need Expert Help On SAmba/Networking-Ahhh, Some Success

On Mon, 2007-30-07 at 23:45 -0700, Leonard Chatagnier wrote:
> . All default setups/conf files should just work out
> of the box(windows does,

Which Windows are you talking about here? Many default Windows setups don't even work with other versions of Windows - and never was any concern given to working with an outside vendors product..... Witness the millions of Windows help related groups out there. And work for who as a default? There's just too many options to make it always work. Who wants my way or the highway from their OS?

As for out of the box - I recently installed XP and Dapper on three different machines back to back to back - Guess which ones worked 'out of the box' and which ones didn't? Drivers, licensing issues and codecs were all much more time consuming with XP - and then I had to install 3rd party software like antivirus products before I could let them loose on unsuspecting users....

When you have spent years using Windows it's easy to mistake hard earned knowledge for 'easier' - the pain is often mostly forgotten.

Now on the other side of the fence Samba is a bit of a monster - it's very powerful with many many options. It could be dumber - it could be easier - it could be set up brain dead out of the box - but the way it is you can make it do what you want - not what the vendor wants.

Better tools require more commitment to learn.

I've often heard the 'if you want to take over the world' speech - I think Bug#1 is b...aloney. Who cares if Linux is #1? I just want an OS that will do anything I can dream of.... I'm willing to add some manual reading and elbow grease to make it happen.

Brian

PS OK - I have a cranky baby here - so I'm probably overly cranky myself.... Sorry if this came out harsh....

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