April 2006 The following are quotes taken from marketing literature produced by Microsoft’s competitors on their interoperability with Windows: Sun and Windows “Samba, which is integrated into the Solaris OS [operating system], allows Sun clients and servers to access file and print services in a Microsoft Windows network.” -- Sun Microsystems Data Sheet, Interoperability and the Solaris 10 Operating System http://www.sun.com/software/solaris/ds/linux_interop.pdf Sun Java System Identity Synchronization for Windows “Users accessing applications that use the Java System Directory Server, Windows 2000 AD, or Windows NT for login authentication need only remember a single password, and when applying periodic password updates, the users need to change their password update only once in either environment.” -- Sun Microsystems Web page http://www.sun.com/secure/executives/realitycheck/reality-061404.html Apple supports Windows and mixed-platform workgroups “Mac OS X Server can access account records and write to virtually any LDAP directory, including Apple Open Directory, Novell eDirectory, or Microsoft Active Directory.” -- Apple Technology Brief, Mac OS X Server Windows Services, 2005 http://images.apple.com/business/pdf/MacOSX_Windows_TB.pdf IBM AIX 5L and Windows 2000: Solutions for Interoperability “For interoperability between AIX 5L and Windows 2000, you can use features in the operating system itself.” “As a print server, AIX 5L can provide the print service to Windows 2000 clients.” -- IBM Redbook, AIX 5L and Windows 2000: Solutions for Interoperability http://www.ibm.com/redbooks Linux Integration with Windows Environments “Running Samba as a file and print server [on Linux] allows Windows clients (Windows 9x, NT, 2000, and XP) to print and access shared network resources” -- Novell White Paper Migrating File and Print Services from Windows to SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 9 http://www.novell.com/collateral/4621412/4621412.pdf
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