Microsoft prohibits GPLed work via licensing of CIFS standards

[MJ Ray]

Luciano Miguel Ferreira Rocha:
> > Will they still, if we have a better alternative?
> Most use samba because it's the best alternative for CIFS servicing, not
> because CIFS is the best remote filesystem.

Indeed.  Samba has one feature that I can't replicate in another system
except right now: passworded mounting of a remote file store as the current
user.

> > Surely Samba is normally used during migration.
> I don't think so. Some substitute win32 servers for free unix servers, but
> remain with win32 clients [...]

This is just a step along the migration pathway.

> Availability of more secure remote mounts [...]

Where?

> [...] trying to fight Microsoft then have to provide both server and
> clients with support for the same services.

I think that is the situation anyway.
-- 
MJR