-support this natively include Windows NT, OS/2, and Linux and add on
-packages that achieve the same thing are available for DOS, Windows,
-VMS, Unix of all kinds, MVS, and more. There is no reason why Apple
-Macs and indeed any Web browser should not be able to speak this
-protocol, and current development (in which the Samba team is heavily
-involved) is aimed at exactly that. Alternatives to SMB include
-Netware, NFS, Appletalk, Banyan Vines, Decnet etc; many of these have
-advantages but none are both public specifications and widely
-implemented in desktop machines by default.
-
-The Common Internet Filesystem is what the new SMB initiative is
-called. For details watch http://samba.anu.edu.au/cifs.
+support this natively include Windows 9x, Windows NT (and derivatives),
+OS/2, Mac OS X and Linux. Add on packages that achieve the same
+thing are available for DOS, Windows 3.1, VMS, Unix of all kinds,
+MVS, and more. Some Web Browsers can speak this protocol as well
+(smb://). Alternatives to SMB include Netware, NFS, Appletalk,
+Banyan Vines, Decnet etc; many of these have advantages but none are
+both public specifications and widely implemented in desktop machines
+by default.
+
+The Common Internet File system (CIFS) is what the new SMB initiative
+is called. For details watch http://samba.org/cifs.
+
+
+WHY DO PEOPLE WANT TO USE SMB?
+==============================
+
+1. Many people want to integrate their Microsoft desktop clients
+ with their Unix servers.
+
+2. Others want to integrate their Microsoft (etc) servers with Unix
+ servers. This is a different problem to integrating desktop
+ clients.
+
+3. Others want to replace protocols like NFS, DecNet and Novell NCP,
+ especially when used with PCs.
+