The Story of Samba
Andrew Tridgell’s implementation of the SMB protocol allowed Linux to “dance” with Windows, but it wasn’t always easy.
Wednesday, September 15th, 1999
It’s probably an urban legend, but there’s a story about an Australian company that tried to make a buck off of public toilets in Sydney. They attached coin boxes to the city’s rest rooms and tried to charge a 25 cent admission fee. Within a week almost every pay toilet in the city had its door smashed in or simply ripped off the wall.
Australians don’t let things get in their way.
