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2049 points bpierre | 1 comments | 30 Mar 16 16:35 UTC | HN request time: 0.208s | source
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omarforgotpwd ◴[30 Mar 16 18:25 UTC] No.11391698[source]▶
Imagine going back in time to the 90s and telling people that in 2016 Microsoft would bend over backwards to make sure Windows could run Linux ELF binaries natively in the kernel by converting syscalls. You'd probably be laughed at.
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jacquesm ◴[30 Mar 16 19:42 UTC] No.11392329[source]▶
No, they'd point to Kerberos and ask what the difference is.
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1. brlewis ◴[30 Mar 16 20:08 UTC] No.11392533[source]▶
Microsoft wasn't trying very hard to make their Kerberos compatible with MIT Kerberos, at least in the mid '90s. I think you'd still be laughed at, especially since Windows was ubiquitous, Unix was niche, and Linux was a niche within a niche.