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Re: why all the windows stuff? lets move on from legacy integration and do new cool stuff

 

Good point.

On 1 November 2012 16:29, Alan Bell <alanbell@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> yeah, it is out there, and yes, we have tools to deal with it already. If
> they are not so great in places file bugs and improve them, sure. If that
> is what this project focuses on then it is just playing catch up, not
> moving ahead. Plus I can't do anything to help as I have no Windows
> servers, plus all the stuff that needs to be fixed is in upstream projects
> and it isn't so much of a "distribution" problem. Getting Samba4 all
> working great would be nice for people who have a windows integration
> problem. Solving the Windows integration problem is a worthy thing to do,
> however making Ubuntu awesome for the enterprise is orthogonal to solving
> the Windows integration problem.
>
> See if you had to sell the deliverables of this project to someone, as the
> scope stands right now you would spend all your time talking about Windows
> and how we are almost as good as Windows, or a bit like Windows and we
> integrate well with Windows etc. etc. Someone hearing that as a sales pitch
> would decide that what they actually want is Windows. That should be an
> "oh, and we also integrate well with legacy infrastructure" at the end of
> telling them why Ubuntu is really cool.
>
>
> Alan.
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