From: Gil Freund (gilf_at_nonexisting.hamakor.org.il)
Date: Sun 25 Jan 2004 - 12:43:48 IST
Oron Peled wrote:
> On Sunday 25 January 2004 10:57, Gil Freund wrote:
>
>>Oron Peled wrote:
>>
>>>What else would they use Samba for :-)
>>
>>We also use it for Macs....
>
>
> That's interesting (didn't know Macs used SMB), I thought you would
> use Appletalk support in Linux. Any reason to prefer SMB over Appletalk?
>
Appletalk is a noisy protocol and requires a separate network sharing
configuration files, Apple also had the habit of changing the specs on
pre-X OS's.
OS X supports SMB natively, and there are adding for older version.
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