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Re: MinK question
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jonathan McIndoe Hunt)
Mon Mar 20 15:31:06 2000
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Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2000 15:26:52 -0500
To: Kris Nyzio <knyzio@mit.edu>, swrt@mit.edu
From: Jonathan McIndoe Hunt <jmhunt@MIT.EDU>
Cc: is-home@mit.edu, sbjones@mit.edu
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I hope this will help to clarify.<br>
<br>
<b>mink-10-18-99.exe</b> is the filename of the current installer.<br>
<b>Kerberos for Windows </b>is the name of the product.<br>
<b>2.0</b> is the current version number.<br>
<br>
<i>10-18-99.exe</i> does not exist.<br>
<br>
Please change the note to say:<br>
"This product was formerly referred to as MinK . If you have a
version of Kerberos for Windows prior to 2.0, you should upgrade to the
current version using the mink-10-18-99.exe installer. "<br>
<br>
<br>
Thanks,<br>
Jonathan<br>
<br>
At 02:40 PM 3/20/2000 -0500, Kris Nyzio wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite cite>MinK has been changed to Kerberos for
Windows. The following text has been<br>
added to the Special/News section: "This product was formerly
referred to<br>
as MinK .<br>
If you have an older version of Kerberos for Windows/MinK, you
should<br>
upgrade to Kerberos for Windows 10-18-99.exe now.
" I agree with Mark<br>
that we should not erase all mention of MinK because it might
initially<br>
confuse users. Hopefully the addition of this note is an
acceptable<br>
concession.<br>
Kris<br>
<br>
<br>
At 11:56 AM -0500 3/20/2000, Susan B. Jones wrote:<br>
>Well the good news is if you look at the mink page, the title is
changed,<br>
>but they still have to install Mink (to get Kerberos for
Windows).<br>
><br>
>S.<br>
><br>
>At 11:47 AM -0500 3/20/2000, Mark A. Van Dyke wrote:<br>
>>Hi,<br>
>><br>
>>I agree that "Kerberos for Windows" is a more
consistent name.<br>
>>However we've spent the last few years training the Windows users
of<br>
>>the MIT community that they need to install MinK to run
various<br>
>>applications. Changing the name without even a word to the
various<br>
>>help desks is likely to cause some initial confusion. Can
we at least<br>
>>include a footnote to say something like "Formally known as
MinK"?<br>
>><br>
>>Mark<br>
>><br>
>>On Mon, 20 Mar 2000 11:04:52 EST you wrote:<br>
>><br>
>>> Hi Susan and Kris,<br>
>>><br>
>>> When it first came out, mink stood for Minimum Kerbers
Installer. Mink is<br>
>>> the name for the installer. Please change the product
name to "Kerberos<br>
>>> for Windows." A new installer is not on the radar and
changing the name of<br>
>>> the installer at this point would cause too much
confusion.<br>
>>><br>
>>> Leash is one of four applications and a handful of dlls that
make up<br>
>>> Kerberos for Windows. I feel that Leash and the other
three applications,<br>
>>> Kview, Kdestroy, and Fleavius, should be included in the
help documentation<br>
>>> and not on the supported product sheets because it is too
much information.<br>
>>><br>
>>> I hope this helps clarify.<br>
>>><br>
>>> Thanks,<br>
>>> Jonathan<br>
>>><br>
>>> At 09:38 AM 3/20/2000 -0500, Susan B. Jones wrote:<br>
>>> >Hi Kris,<br>
>>> ><br>
>>> >Well, I think Jonathan is right that "Kerberos
Utilities for Windows" is a<br>
>>> >much better name than MinK, however, since the download
is called<br>
>>> >"mink-10-9-98" or whatever, I would prefer to
make the change when we<br>
>>> >change the name of what the download is.<br>
>>> ><br>
>>> >I'm not sure why he doesn't want to mention that Leash
is installed.<br>
>>> >Perhaps he can explain.<br>
>>> ><br>
>>> >Susan<br>
>>> ><br>
>>> >At 9:16 AM -0500 3/20/2000, Kris Nyzio wrote:<br>
>>> > >Hi Susan,<br>
>>> > >Jonathan Hunt has requested that MinK be changed to
"Kerberos<br>
>>>Utilities fo<br>
>> *r<br>
>>> > >Windows" on the new product support
sheets. Before I make this<br>
>>>change, I<br>
>>> > >thought that I should consult you on it. He
is also proposing that we<br>
>>> > >remove the note stating that MinK also installs
Leash. Sorry I can't<br>
>>> > >forward you his actual comments, but I got all
revisions in hard copy<br>
>>> > >format.<br>
>>> > >I'll wait to hear your thoughts on this before
making the changes<br>
>>>requeste<br>
>> *d.<br>
>>> > >Thanks,<br>
>>> > >Kris<br>
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