[ale] Linspire chairman thinks desktop Linux is futile

[krwatson at cc.gatech.edu]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of Brian
> Pitts
> Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2008 17:17
> To: ale at ale.org
> Subject: Re: [ale] Linspire chairman thinks desktop Linux is futile
>
> Tim Meanor wrote:
> >
> > Quest Software makes a product that allows various flavors of
> > Unix/Linux to integrate into Active Directory:
> > http://www.quest.com/Vintela-Authentication-Services/
> >
> > It costs money and is closed source, so it may not be an option, but
> > it's good to know that such options exist.  I've never used it, so I
> > can't vouch for it, but the demo I've seen looks pretty slick (of
> > course, most things look pretty slick in a demo).  Might be worth
> > checking out if you have a budget for such things.
>
> On a similiar note, there's the software named Likewise [0]. IIRC, their
> open-source version is included in the latest Ubuntu, Fedora, and
> OpenSUSE. I'd be interested in hearing your thoughts if you've played
> with the free or non-free version, Keith.
>
> [0] http://www.likewisesoftware.com/
>
> -Brian
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Brian,

We have taken a cursory look at Likewise and have plans for a more in depth investigation. As soon as I find out anything I'll post to the list.

keith

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