[Discussion] Thinking of going IMAC

[Mark Brueggemann]

--- On Thu, 12/3/09, Thomas Clayton <topcatdrc at yahoo.com> wrote:

> I just went looking to see _what_ "Clark Connect" was / is
...
> What version are _you_ currently using?

3.2  I looked at the feature set for 4 and 5 and didn't see anything
there I had to have.  


> Do you know its SAMBA vn.? 

Nope (other than, "too new" for eCS).


> Then, lastly, is the SAMBA vn. you (we) have available for
> eCS _anywhere_ 'near' it (recent, as well)?

>From what I can tell eCS is a full number revision behind.


> they may _need_ to be similar vn.s  OR  _both_ well 'debugged' - 
> which our (older?) vn. may not be.

Given what I've learned of Samba over the past few weeks, writing
a samba client is like coming up with a substitute DLL for windoze.
Lot's of 'features' to discover and deal with.


> M$ may keep "moving the goalposts" for SAMBA.

'xactly.


> backward compatibility reigns them in somewhat.

My newest windoze is 2K, and it works with that OK.  No telling
what something newer would do with the "old" Samba server.


Mark B.
Albuquerque, NM