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Samba Secures A Big Investment From Germany's Sovereign Tech Fund


Germany's Sovereign Tech Fund is set to make a €688,800 investment into the Samba open-source project that re-implements the SMB networking protocol and focused on better file and print service interoperability with Microsoft Windows systems.

Germany's Sovereign Tech Fund is set to make a €688,800 investment into the Samba open-source project that re-implements the SMB networking protocol and focused on better file and print service interoperability with Microsoft Windows systems. Samba will be working with the Sovereign Tech Fund on enhancing the security, scalability, and functionality of the SMB and IAM protocols through early 2026. This follows the likes of GNOME, Coreutils uutils, and many other open-source software infrastructure projects receiving big investments from this program backed by the German government.About The AuthorMichael Larabel is the principal author of Phoronix.com and founded the site in 2004 with a focus on enriching the Linux hardware experience.

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