Hi Lawrence, I'm changing the subject line.. we wish Startmate every success !
On Sun, Jan 9, 2011 at 4:59 PM, drllau <[email protected]> wrote: > >Samba is the Linux filesharing. It's sold by the likes of IBM > >and HP and they make *a lot* of money from it. Even the > >Taiwanese make more money from Samba with network- > >attached-storage than we do. Explain that... > > > I'm familiar with Andrew and his mob. Technically they legally > reversed engineered the SMB protocol (protocol snooping) that > Microsoft developed early on for sharing printers and mounted disks on > networks. Various companies prefer dealing with an independent firm > than with a market gorilla. As an open-source project there are > constraints on how much the service can be productised (not to mention > inherent security limitation). > There's no doubt that the Samba boat has probably left. My only comment is that there should be a building in north sydney with the name "Samba" flashing in neon. Maybe (of course) it was a copy/clone of a microsoft technology, but even those without Windows deserve to be able to use a file server. Still, how many 'copies' of some product service spawned billion dollar businesses. The IBM-PC was actually a copy of a ... which was a copy of ... etc. My point is Andrew is a living legend for Australian tech. Who in Government recognises him? > I've explained open source to a number of IT forums, it can seen more > as a defrensive measure and if all they charge for is consulting and > service, then business dynamics is more along the lines of a small > business rather than frozen IP. > True. It can be. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Silicon Beach Australia mailing list. Guidelines on discussion: http://groups.google.com/group/silicon-beach-australia/msg/351e183e1303508d?hl=en%3Fhl%3Den No lurkers! It is expected that you introduce yourself. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/silicon-beach-australia?hl=en?hl=en
