[mdlug] First they laugh at you, then they fight you...

[Mark Kimsal]

On Tuesday 18 November 08, Rich Clark wrote:
> Then you win....
>
> http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/dd228986.aspx
>
> I never thought I'd see the day where Microsoft is actively advocating the
> use of anything but their own products with Active Directory. This article
> from Microsoft's own Tech Net website describes the process necessary to
> get Linux attached to their network services infrastructure, although most
> of us have known how to do it for years.

Nah, it makes total sense.  Of course they want you to get Linux *clients* 
working with their server.  The server costs money.  If the article was about 
how to make Windows desktop machines authenticate against openLDAP as a 
domain controller, then I would start preparing for the End Times.

This only makes their server product *look* better, people can now point to 
this and say "oh jeez it's so flexible it can connect to linux, i don't need 
to listen to my tech guy who wants an openldap server."