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# Tuesday, May 01, 2007
Beware of Vista

Often the lesson is: "If it ain't broke, don't fix it."

Many of us were not looking for a new Microsoft Operating system – I certainly wasn’t. But Vista is here. However, Microsoft has changed its implementation of the CIFS protocol. Vista is incompatible with all of the third-party NASes that we have tested against, from NetGear home systems to NetApp Filers.

I can’t imagine why Microsoft would do such a thing, but a lot of people who were open to Vista have since rolled back rather than change all their NASes. As of this writing, (April 2007), I have no information from Microsoft or any of the NAS vendors concerning a solution to this problem or a timeframe for releasing one.

Amazing! I suggest we all boycott Microsoft.


Tuesday, May 01, 2007 10:02:34 AM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #    Comments [2]  News

Wednesday, June 13, 2007 12:06:27 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)
Any news yet from Microsoft and the NAS vendors?
Jakob Fredriksson
Monday, July 16, 2007 10:02:36 AM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)
Well just because MS did not implement CIFS the way you wanted does not mean that whole world should boycott Vista. There will always be good and bad coming with new OS. Its unfortunate people who call for boycott of microsoft products are the ones who can not live without them. Amazing!
Bob Parson
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