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Date:      Mon, 30 Aug 1999 10:20:27 -0700 (PDT)
From:      "Jonathan M. Bresler" <jmb@hub.freebsd.org>
To:        brett@lariat.org
Cc:        chat@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Windows 2000 to demand Microsoft-specific DNS extensions
Message-ID:  <19990830172027.C6A9F14DC2@hub.freebsd.org>
In-Reply-To: <4.2.0.58.19990830090826.04661c40@localhost> (message from Brett Glass on Mon, 30 Aug 1999 09:14:26 -0600)

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> 
> The PC Week article at
> 
> http://www.zdnet.com/pcweek/stories/news/0,4153,1016137,00.html
> 
> suggests that Windows 2000, which incorporates Microsoft's "Active 
> Directory," will require Microsoft's proprietary extensions to DNS in order 
> to function. This, in turn, will require a site to use NT servers as its 
> domain name servers. This article is badly written in that it skips the 

	the copies fo windows 2000 being used/tested here are using an
HP B-180 as their nameserver.  seems to work as well as any microsoft
product and significantly better than some.

> fundamental technical details, does not explore the possibility that there 
> might be workarounds for the problem, and dwells instead on the petty, 
> internal corporate turf wars that this misfeature might cause. Nonetheless, 
> it's food for thought: Can Microsoft successfully force companies to change 
> their server platforms by manipulating its ubiquitous desktop client?

	there is a lawsuit before judge penfield jackson on this very
issue.  the doj contends that microsoft could do such a thing and has
acted illegally in the past.

jmb


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