Another step to future Linux adoption in business environements.

You cannot change the world in a day but you can adjust it a little bit at a time. Being able to authenticate to an Active Directory server means that security is not compromised in your workplace and the worker can still get to the resources that he/she needs to do his/her job. The fact that the basic functionality is being offered free is also a good thing because testing things out should never cost anyone (no matter the platform). Those that want and need the extra functionality of the Enterprise version will rightly pay for those privileges. It is a win-win situation all around. That is, provided that Redmond doesn't go and deliberately muck things up with an "update".

Ciao.

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