Removed old info on Mac support and Samba, left lukes addition, added more info on...

This hasn't been added to the sgml and html faq originals, Dan, if linux-doc isn't on samba.anu could you remind me where it is.

Paul.

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   3.1.  Are any Macintosh clients for Samba
 
-  In Rob Newberry's words (rob@eats.com, Sun, 4 Dec 1994):
-
-  The answer is "No." Samba speaks SMB, the protocol used for Microsoft
-  networks.  The Macintosh has ALWAYS spoken Appletalk. Even with
-  Microsoft "services for Macintosh", it has been a matter of making the
-  server speak Appletalk. It is the same for Novell Netware and the
-  Macintosh, although I believe Novell has (VERY LATE) released an
-  extension for the Mac to let it speak IPX.
-
-  In future Apple System Software, you may see support for other
-  protocols, such as SMB -- Applet is working on a new networking
-  architecture that will --> -- make it easier to support additional
-  protocols. But it's not here yet.
-
-  Now, the nice part is that if you want your Unix machine to speak
-  Appletalk, there are several options. "Netatalk" and "CAP" are free,
-  and available on the net. There are also several commercial options,
-  such as "PacerShare" and "Helios" (I think). In any case, you'll have
-  to look around for a server, not anything for the Mac.
-
-  Depending on you OS, some of these may not help you. I am currently
-  coordinating the effort to get CAP working with Native Ethertalk under
-  Linux, but we're not done yet.
-
   lkcl - update 09mar97 - the answer is "Yes!".  Thursby now have a
   CIFS Client / Server - see www.thursby.com.  They test it against
   Windows 95, Windows NT and samba for compatibility issues.  At
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   and will be released in April 97 (the speed of finder copies has
   been greatly enhanced, and there are bug-fixes included).
 
+  Alternatives - There are two free implementations of AppleTalk for
+  several kinds of UNIX machnes, and several more commercial ones.
+  These products allow you to run file services and print services
+  natively to Macintosh users, with no additional support required on
+  the Macintosh.  The two free omplementations are Netatalk,
+  http://www.umich.edu/~rsug/netatalk/, and CAP, 
+  http://www.cs.mu.oz.au/appletalk/atalk.html.  What Samba offers 
+  MS Windows users, these packages offer to Macs.  For more info on
+  these packages, Samba, and Linux (and other UNIX-based systems)
+  see http://www.eats.com/linux_mac_win.html
+
   3.2.  Session request failed (131,130)" error
 
   The following answer is provided by John E. Miller: