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==Samba TNG==
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Samba TNG (The Next Generation) was [[fork (software development)|forked]] in late 1999, after disagreements between the Samba Team leaders and Luke Leighton about the directions of the Samba project. They failed to come to an agreement on a development transition path which allowed the research version of Samba he was developing (known at the time as Samba-NTDOM) to slowly be integrated into Samba.<ref>{{cite web
 | title      = Project FAQ - What is the relationship between Samba and Samba TNG?
 | url        = https://wiki.samba-tng.org/doku.php/pages/faq#what_is_the_relationship_between_samba_and_samba-tng
 | access-date = 19 February 2008}}</ref> Development has been minimal, due to a lack of developers. The Samba TNG team frequently directed potential users towards Samba because of its better support and development.<ref>{{cite web
 | title      = Project FAQ - Which should I use - Samba or Samba TNG?
 | url        = https://wiki.samba-tng.org/doku.php/pages/faq#which_should_i_use_-_samba_or_samba-tng
 | access-date = 19 February 2008}}</ref>

A key goal of the Samba TNG project was to rewrite all of the NT Domains services as [[FreeDCE]] projects.<ref>{{cite web
 | title      = Project FAQ - What's all this about FreeDCE?
 | url        = https://wiki.samba-tng.org/doku.php/pages/faq#what_s_all_this_about_freedce
 | access-date = 19 February 2008}}</ref> This was made difficult as the services were developed manually through network reverse-engineering, with limited or no reference to DCE/RPC documentation.{{citation needed|date=February 2008}}

A key difference from Samba was in the implementation of the NT Domains suite of protocols and [[MSRPC]] services. Samba makes all the NT Domains services available from a single place, whereas Samba TNG separated each service into its own program.{{citation needed|date=February 2008}}

[[ReactOS]] started using Samba TNG services for its SMB implementation. The developers of both projects were interested in seeing the Samba TNG design used to help get ReactOS talking to Windows networks. They worked together to adapt the network code and build system. The multi-layered and modular approach made it easy to port each service to ReactOS.<ref>{{cite web
 | title      = Interview with Steven Edwards
 | url        = http://www.winehq.org/?interview=14
 | access-date = 19 February 2008
 | publisher  = Wine HQ
 | last       = Vincent
 | first      = Brian}}</ref>