RE: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] Interesting Windows Networking note

["Ross, Matt" <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

I think so.  Our network here at DED logs into a linux box automatically to
get to the net, but I don't know if its going through an NT box to get to
the linux box.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sam Napier [mailto:EMAIL:PROTECTED]
> Sent: Monday, February 04, 2002 6:21 PM
> To: EMAIL:PROTECTED
> Subject: RE: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] Interesting Windows Networking note
> 
> 
> Side question, can you make a Linux box acting as a domain controller
> accept Win2K client logons?
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: EMAIL:PROTECTED
> [mailto:EMAIL:PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mike Miller
> Sent: Monday, February 04, 2002 2:09 PM
> To: EMAIL:PROTECTED
> Subject: Re: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] Interesting Windows Networking note
> 
> On Mon, 4 Feb 2002, Ross, Matt wrote:
> 
> > Just thought I'd pass this along, XP doesn't support Win95 
> in Windows
> > Networking.  To get them to play nice together, you either have to
> > have an intermediate WinME/98/NT box, or a Linux box managing the
> > network.
> 
> That is a funny and ironic observation.  Microsoft wants to 
> force people
> to upgrade from Win95, but Linux is more accepting of Win95 than is
> Microsoft.  So Linux is more MS friendly than MS is.
> 
> As you'd expect, the biggest competitor for a monopoly is the monopoly
> itself (its earlier products compete with its new ones).  "Planned
> obsolescence" helps.  Poor planning of obsolescence is what MS is
> confronting with its "XP won't play nice with Win95" strategy.
> 
> Mike
> 
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