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  • Samba: EU made Microsoft talk again

    Australia's very own "smartest man in ICT", Samba author Andrew "Tridge" Tridgell, talks about the days when Microsoft was run by programmers, not lawyers, and how the software giant has finally started to give open-source developers due credit.

  • Samba and Microsoft strike interoperability pact

    Open source software project Samba has signed an agreement with Microsoft to receive protocol documentation for the software giant's Windows workgroup server products.

  • Open source geeks asked to 'stand up and be counted'

    Australians working with open source software are urged to participate in an online census launched this week to discover the capabilities of the local industry.

  • New Samba targets Active Directory

    A next-generation test version of the open source Samba file sharing software has been made available, with features emulating Microsoft's Active Directory ID management software.

  • Torvalds looking for new Linux home

    Linux leader Linus Torvalds has begun looking for a new electronic home for his project's source code after a conflict involving the current management system, BitKeeper.

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