Comments on: Vista 7 Crashes on Certain Hardware, Stifles Samba Compatibility

By: Yuhong Bao

Yuhong Bao — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 06:41:01 +0000

“Vista 7 has more of the same problems as its predecessor, Windows Vista, namely issues with compatibility”
And so did XP and all older versions of Windows. OK, the amount varied, but they always had existed.

By: Yuhong Bao

Yuhong Bao — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 20:49:58 +0000

Indeed, networking did not come with DOS at all.

By: Roy Schestowitz

Roy Schestowitz — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 19:13:28 +0000

To whom? Shareholders? [financial security]

By: your_friend

your_friend — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 16:53:07 +0000

Yes, Microsoft always lies about their crimes and blames their victims. I think that was one of the findings in the DRDOS lawsuit 20 years ago. “Security” is something they have also been promising since the early days of DOS.

By: Yuhong Bao

Yuhong Bao — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 02:42:36 +0000

Here is a quote from one of the article cited:
“Microsoft is not intentionally breaking Samba support, they are simply forcing the Windows Server world to upgrade and deploy more secure mechanisms.”
And Samba compatibility has been discussed on Raymond Chen’s blog:
http://blogs.msdn.com/oldnewthing/archive/2006/03/30/564809.aspx
http://blogs.msdn.com/oldnewthing/archive/2007/02/01/1573160.aspx