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Story: Microsoft's EU proposal is monstrous, says Samba

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The critics of the EU - Microsoft agreement are correct, the agreement will stifle inovation.

Why should SAMBA or any other Open Source Software project derive the benefits from developers of proprietary software without either indemnifying the original developer or providing financial reward ?

Being forced to provide source code or protocol specifications to open source vendors is a disincentive to comercial software vendors from innovating their software.

Why should SAMBA derive all the new features in SMB/CIFS (such as support for Kerberos authentication, Encrypting File System, Roaming Profiles, Distributed File System) without recompencing Microsoft ?

The EU decision was stupid and politically motivated.
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SAMBA has not "derived" any "benefits" you MORON!!! The only people who have derived benefits are consumers like me because I don't have to pay $$$ to a pathetic company like MS to be able to share my files on the network with some Windows-using idiot.
Are you saying microsoft is "innovative"? When was the last time Microsoft built an innovative product? Can you give me an example? Maybe when they built their first browser? Or maybe when they built their internet search engine? Or maybe when they came up with the mouse? Or maybe when they came up with the Office product?
None of the examples above have started with Microsoft.
After all this you can keep defending Microsoft but one day you would be paying your lunch money to Microsoft because the way Microsoft wants this world to work is that the click of the button "ORder now" on www.papajohns.com Ms will charge you $20.
I have noticed that only people who have no good knowledge of the software industry and people who work with Microsoft products only tend to defend Microsoft's actions. You are just one of them.

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