Microsoft Makes Windows Embrace Linux - And UNIX in terms of identity
management
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| "Windows has a reputation of being a bit difficult regarding interoperability
| of network log-in and identity management. Many of the problems have to do
| with security internals relating to how network access and identity has been
| managed on Windows since the early NT days and how this has differed from
| POSIX environments. While there are strong technical merits to Microsoft's
| approach, they have resulted in some degree of conflict with POSIX systems.
| However, with the development of Active Directory and the subsequent adoption
| of LDAP for directory services and Kerberos V for authentication, these
| problems are now quite manageable", Travers revealed.
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http://news.softpedia.com/news/Microsoft-Makes-Windows-Embrace-Linux-73920.shtml
Always playing catch-up and imitating.
Related:
NT influenced by Unix
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| (Gates:) "And through Windows NT, you can see it throughout the design.
| In a weak sense, it is a form of Unix. There are so many of the
| design decisions that have been influenced by that environment. And
| that's no accident."
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| In light of the recent saber rattling about Linux and patents, the "There
| are so many of the design decisions that have been influenced by that
| environment" sentence is particularly interesting if these patent
| threats include things that are prior Unix art. "In a weak sense, it
| is a form of Unix" is also telling. I said before that I don't think
| that's the case; I think the patent stuff is talking about things like
| Samba and Mono, but even there the "influenced by that environment"
| could be important in the court of public opinion if not in actual
| law.
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http://aplawrence.com/Unixart/gates_quote.html
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