SAMBA versus SMB: Adversarial Interoperability is Judo for Network Effects
Some useful historical perspective. I remember the bad old days when Windows and Mac were like oil and water, unable to mix. Not fun. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2019/07/samba-versus-smb-adversarial-interoperability-judo-network-effects
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