I've been running netatalk for my OS X clients with great success. The performance isn't as good as Windows to Samba, but its a HUGE improvement over any version of OS X with any SMB server. 30 seconds with wireshark will tell you why OS X's browsing performance is so horrible.
Another point of OS X/Samba misinformation is that Apple dropped Samba which is an SMB server. OS X's SMB client never shared any code with Samba any did not change as a result of the Samba purge. Here's hoping 10.9's SMB driver is as improved as Apple is claiming it to be. On Oct 11, 2013 12:40 PM, "Jeremy Allison" <j...@samba.org> wrote: > On Fri, Oct 11, 2013 at 04:15:35PM +0000, Paul Older wrote: > > On 11/10/2013 17:04, "Jeremy Allison" <j...@samba.org> wrote: > > > > > > >On Fri, Oct 11, 2013 at 11:36:41AM +0000, Paul Older wrote: > > >> * A few years ago, Samba made changes to their licensing meaning > > >>Apple could apparently no longer use it in a commercial release (so > I've > > >>read) > > > > > >No No No !!!!! > > > > > >"Apple could apparently no longer use it in a commercial release" > > > > > >I *hate* this myth, it's *completely* untrue. Where > > >did you read this ? > > > > Apologies - my source is quite unofficial and now also apparently wrong. > > For info, I read it here: > > > > > http://www.tuaw.com/2011/03/24/apple-to-drop-samba-networking-tools-from-li > > on > > > > As Mac OS X adopted more of Samba's tools, the team behind Samba > gradually > > transformed the open source licensing for its software. The latest > version > > of Samba is offered only with General Public License Version 3 (GPLv3 > > <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>) licensing, which includes > > restrictions that essentially prevent Apple from incorporating it into > > commercially packaged software like Mac OS X. > > "essentially prevent" == "Stops Apple from suing Samba or Samba users over > their patents". > > Is how you have to read that. > > Jeremy. > -- > To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the > instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba > -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba
