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Re:Beeper Mini is back by fahhem on Monday December 11, 2023 @03:53PM (#38605366)
Samba is a protocol, Microsoft doesn't have any costs associated with more users of it. GP is asking about APNS, which involves Apple servers and therefore costs Apple to handle more requests, however minimal per individual request/message
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Re:Beeper Mini is back by phonon on Monday December 11, 2023 @04:07PM (#38605508)
Support costs for Microsoft definitely go up.
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Re:Beeper Mini is back by jpc0 on Monday December 11, 2023 @04:28PM (#38605755)
Explain your perspective on this. Here is a probing question.

How does support costs for Microsoft go up when I communicate from my linux workstation to my linux server using SMB implemented by Samba.

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