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Add reference for Samba history.

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@ -576,7 +576,9 @@ to fuel a commercial system around that software.
For example, consider the Samba file server system that allows Unix-like For example, consider the Samba file server system that allows Unix-like
systems (including GNU/Linux) to serve files to Microsoft Windows systems. systems (including GNU/Linux) to serve files to Microsoft Windows systems.
Two graduate students originally developed Samba in their spare time and Two graduate students originally developed Samba in their spare time and
it was deployed noncommercially in academic environments. However, very it was deployed noncommercially in academic environments\footnote{See
\href{http://turtle.ee.ncku.edu.tw/docs/samba/history}{Andrew Tridgell's
``A bit of history and a bit of fun''}. However, very
soon for-profit companies discovered that the software could work for them soon for-profit companies discovered that the software could work for them
as well, and their system administrators began to use it in place of as well, and their system administrators began to use it in place of
Microsoft Windows NT file-servers. This served to lower the cost of Microsoft Windows NT file-servers. This served to lower the cost of