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On Fri, Aug 20, 2021 at 12:17:49PM -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> I thought the main user was Samba and/or otherwise providing file service for M$ systems?

When I asked around about this in ~2001, the only example anyoe was able
to come up with was some database that I no longer remember the name of.