Re: End of Samba ???

[SWAPS <swaps@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> > NetBIOS is supposed to go away in Windows 2000 (aka NT 5). From that =

> > point forward, there will be no need for SMB and thus Samba."
> >                                                 - Anonymous Coward
> SMB is being replaced by CIFS (Common Internet File System) fm MS.
> afaik, CIFS=3DSMB + some other stuff. So it is simply a matter of
> extending Samba... =

> =

> > I a assume that SMB will be replaced by a proprietor MS protocol. =

> > So... - Wouldn't this mean that we will be forced to use NT itself as=
 =

> > back ends for serving win32 clients ?
> While CIFS is proprietary, so is SMB. You won't be forced to use Win*
> for CIFS anymore than you are for SMB.
> =

I feel that WebDAV is a better and more open standard and will be more us=
eful
than CIFS. Win2K already supports that and if WebDAV servers proliferate =
and
transparent then we won't need any NT servers serving SMB or CIFS.

- -swaps

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