| 1 | <html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"><title>Foreword</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../samba.css" type="text/css"><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.74.0"><link rel="home" href="index.html" title="Samba-3 by Example"><link rel="up" href="index.html" title="Samba-3 by Example"><link rel="prev" href="pr02.html" title="Acknowledgments"><link rel="next" href="preface.html" title="Preface"></head><body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">Foreword</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="pr02.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center"> </th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="preface.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr></div><div class="preface" lang="en-US"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title"><a name="id2501056"></a>Foreword</h2></div></div></div><div class="toc"><p><b>Table of Contents</b></p><dl><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="pr03.html#id2501062">By John M. Weathersby, Executive Director, OSSI</a></span></dt></dl></div><div class="sect1" lang="en-US"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="id2501062"></a>By John M. Weathersby, Executive Director, OSSI</h2></div></div></div><div class="blockquote"><blockquote class="blockquote"><p>
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| 2 | The Open Source Software Institute (OSSI) is comprised of representatives from a broad spectrum of business and
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| 3 | non-business organizations that share a common interest in the promotion of development and implementation
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| 4 | of open source software solutions globally, and in particular within the United States of America.
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| 5 | </p><p>
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| 6 | The OSSI has global affiliations with like-minded organizations. Our affiliate in the United Kingdom is the
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| 7 | Open Source Consortium (OSC). Both the OSSI and the OSC share a common objective to expand the use of open source
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| 8 | software in federal, state, and municipal government agencies; and in academic institutions. We represent
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| 9 | businesses that provide professional support services that answer the needs of our target organizational
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| 10 | information technology consumers in an effective and cost-efficient manner.
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| 11 | </p><p>
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| 12 | Open source software has matured greatly over the past five years with the result that an increasing number of
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| 13 | people who hold key decisionmaking positions want to know how the business model works. They
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| 14 | want to understand how problems get resolved, how questions get answered, and how the development model
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| 15 | is sustained. Information and communications technology directors in defense organizations, and in other
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| 16 | government agencies that deal with sensitive information, want to become familiar with development road-maps
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| 17 | and, in particular, seek to evaluate the track record of the mainstream open source project teams.
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| 18 | </p><p>
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| 19 | Wherever the OSSI gains entrance to new opportunities we find that Microsoft Windows technologies are the
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| 20 | benchmark against which open source software solutions are measured. Two open source software projects
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| 21 | are key to our ability to present a structured and convincing proposition that there are alternatives
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| 22 | to the incumbent proprietary means of meeting information technology needs. They are the Apache Web Server
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| 23 | and Samba.
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| 24 | </p><p>
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| 25 | Just as the Apache Web Server is the standard in web serving technology, Samba is the definitive standard
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| 26 | for providing interoperability with UNIX systems and other non-Microsoft operating system platforms. Both
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| 27 | open source applications have a truly remarkable track record that extends for more than a decade. Both have
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| 28 | demonstrated the unique capacity to innovate and maintain a level of development that has not only kept
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| 29 | pace with demands, but, in many areas, each project has also proven to be an industry leader.
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| 30 | </p><p>
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| 31 | One of the areas in which the Samba project has demonstrated key leadership is in documentation. The OSSI
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| 32 | was delighted when we saw the Samba Team, and John H. Terpstra in particular, release two amazingly
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| 33 | well-written books to help Samba software users deploy, maintain, and troubleshoot Windows networking
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| 34 | installations. We were concerned that, given the large volume of documentation, the challenge to maintain
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| 35 | it and keep it current might prove difficult.
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| 36 | </p><p>
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| 37 | This second edition of the book, <span class="emphasis"><em>Samba-3 by Example</em></span>, barely one year following the release
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| 38 | of the first edition, has removed all concerns and is proof that open source solutions are a compelling choice.
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| 39 | The first edition was released shortly following the release of Samba version 3.0 itself, and has become
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| 40 | the authoritative instrument for training and for guiding deployment.
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| 41 | </p><p>
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| 42 | I am personally aware of how much effort has gone into this second edition. John Terpstra has worked with
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| 43 | government bodies and with large organizations that have deployed Samba-3 since it was released. He also
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| 44 | worked to ensure that this book gained community following. He asked those who have worked at the coalface
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| 45 | of large and small organizations alike, to contribute their experiences. He has captured that in this book
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| 46 | and has succeeded yet again. His recipe is persistence, intuition, and a high level of respect for the people
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| 47 | who use Samba.
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| 48 | </p><p>
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| 49 | This book is the first source you should turn to before you deploy Samba and as you are mastering its
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| 50 | deployment. I am proud and excited to be associated in a small way with such a useful tool. This book has
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| 51 | reached maturity that is demonstrated by reiteration that every step in deployment must be validated.
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| 52 | This book makes it easy to succeed, and difficult to fail, to gain a stable network environment.
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| 53 | </p><p>
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| 54 | I recommend this book for use by all IT managers and network administrators.
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| 55 | </p></blockquote></div></div></div><div class="navfooter"><hr><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="pr02.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"> </td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="preface.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">Acknowledgments </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> Preface</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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