What is the difference between Open Source Samba (freeware) and the SGI Samba for IRIX product? Why pay for something that can be downloaded from the Web for free?
Samba will still remain available as an Open Source product (downloadable from the Web) for those customers who are satisfied with running unsupported software. However, for those customers who require supported software and will not run their business on “freeware,” SGI Samba for IRIX offers customers a unique opportunity to use one of the best software suites available for serving Windows clients from UNIX servers with SGI worldwide support. Now technical support, bug fixes, and software updates are commercially available for Samba for IRIX.Samba for IRIX is based on the same source code as the Open Source version of Samba and all developments on Samba for IRIX are submitted back into the Open Source tree to comply with the Open Source licensing. The added value of Samba for IRIX is the quality assurance and integration testing of Samba with the IRIX operating system to ensure a quality product. From this extensive testing, SGI is prepared to offer Samba for IRIX with worldwide suppo
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