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Be nice - until your ememies are all dead

Roger Ramjet 17th Sep 2007

[In the days when Novell Netware dominated the file serving world Microsoft was a great supporter of standards. They published the specifications of their own protocols (then called Server Message Block, or SMB) and supported implementations on other platforms than Windows.

Once Netware was defeated by Windows NT, their attitudes changed, and the flow of information stopped. Proprietary modifications to core protocols like the Kerberos authentication protocol followed, and these changes were treated as trade secrets, patented if possible, and only released under restrictive non-disclosure agreements, if released at all.]

What about IE5 for Solaris and HP-UX? Once Netscape was defeated, WHAT IE5 for UNIX? Blatant PR move, designed to kill off Netscape in ALL of its markets.