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Samba marks Novell's card over Microsoft deal
Blog Today, the Samba developers have released an open letter to Novell that makes their misgivings plain. Samba Team Asks Novell to Reconsider The Samba Team disapproves strongly of the actions taken by Novell on November 2nd.
[November 12, 2006, 19:43]
Samba 3.2 adds cluster support
News The Samba project on Tuesday released a major update to the file and print components of the server software, adding clustered file system support, compatibility improvements and other changes. Samba is an open-source re-implementation of the SMB...
[July 2, 2008, 17:14]
Samba 'pleased' with Microsoft co-operation
News Microsoft and the developers of the open-source Samba protocol are co-operating much more effectively since a landmark settlement late last year, according to the software's original developer. In December, Microsoft agreed to make documentation...
[January 31, 2008, 7:45]
Samba will move to GPLv3
News The new version 3 of the General Public License got a major endorsement on Monday from the project leaders of Samba, widely used open-source software for networked file sharing and printing. After internal consideration in the Samba Team, we have...
[July 10, 2007, 9:03]
Samba patch fixes DoS flaw
News The Samba Team released on Tuesday a patch to fix two flaws that could result in disruptions for networks using the widely installed Unix and Linux software. The two relatively minor flaws could crash or make unresponsive systems running version 3...
[September 15, 2004, 9:55]
SAMBA, Microsoft and the real Issue
Blog Programs like Linux, Apache and SAMBA go through a fairly stringent peer-review process that may or may not be going on in Microsoft. SAMBA compatibility for Microsoft's OS seems to finally gotten through to the idiots' brains in MS's legal...
[December 29, 2007, 15:59]
Samba: EC ruling made Microsoft talk again
News Speaking at the University of Melbourne for the 2008 linux.conf.au, Samba author Andrew Tridgell expressed his satisfaction at finally being able to communicate with Microsoft engineers again after the European Commission decision to enforce an...
[March 12, 2008, 13:37]
Samba flaw opens up root access attack
News The SuSE Security Audit Team has reported that a vulnerability in the Samba suite -- which provides SMB-based file and printer sharing on many Linux and Unix systems -- can open up a system to a remote attack resulting in complete compromise of...
[April 7, 2003, 9:49]
Samba 4 moves closer to production
News A second test version of the next generation of Samba has been released to the public, with numerous bug fixes and improvements included. Samba is open source software that lets Windows files and printers be shared by Unix and Linux systems.
[March 24, 2006, 9:35]
Samba 4 enters public testing
News A next-generation test version of the open source Samba file-sharing software has been made available, with features emulating Microsoft's Active Directory ID management software. The Samba suite is an implementation of Microsoft's SMB/CIFS...
[January 26, 2006, 9:50]
Samba Sharing Package
Downloads Samba is a Unix type server, currently included in MacOSX, which shares files using the CIFS/SMB protocol. By sharing your files with Samba they can be accessed by Windows or/and other Unix-like computers in your network.
[September 11, 2002, 7:00]
Samba and Microsoft strike interoperability deal
News Open-source software project Samba has signed an agreement with Microsoft to receive protocol documentation for the software giant's Windows workgroup server products. The non-disclosure agreement was brokered on behalf of Samba by the Protocol...
[December 21, 2007, 16:01]
Samba leader quits Novell over Microsoft deal
News Samba is software that lets Linux servers share files on Windows networks. Novell spokesman Bruce Lowry declined to comment on Allison's views, but said the company still employs two Samba programmers.
[December 22, 2006, 7:40]
Microsoft's EU proposal is monstrous, says Samba
Talkback Read more about Samba here: http://www.groklaw.net/ article.php? story=
[February 7, 2005, 9:14]
Microsoft's EU proposal is monstrous, says Samba
Talkback If SAMBA or ZDNet tell us which parties in the EC and European Parliament to petition then we can start a letter wriitng campaign going. Letters will be better than email which could be seen as spam.
[February 4, 2005, 20:13]
Microsoft's EU proposal is monstrous, says Samba
News The co-founder of Samba, the open source file and print server software, is due to contact the European Commission (EC) in the next couple of weeks to lobby for changes to Microsoft's proposed server interoperability licence.
[February 4, 2005, 17:05]
New Samba moves onto Microsoft turf
News Programmers have released a major update to Samba, software that lets Linux computers mimic Windows machines, encroaching further onto Microsoft's turf. Samba lets a computer share files or manage print jobs like a Windows file server or print server.
[April 20, 2001, 10:45]
Microsoft's EU proposal is monstrous, says Samba
Talkback 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 ?
[February 25, 2005, 20:32]
Microsoft's EU proposal is monstrous, says Samba
Talkback The problem with Samba is that it is about 2.5 times faster than the MS implementation and that is simply too much for MS.
[February 5, 2005, 5:51]
Samba: TomTom suit tries to undermine GPL
News Microsoft is trying to prevent people using and distributing software under the GNU General Public Licence, a free software licence, by forcing cross-patent licensing deals, according to Samba project leader Jeremy Allison.
[March 10, 2009, 11:46]
