linux and MS front page

[Jonathan Hutchins]

Quoting Seth Dimbert <s.dimbert at fhmr.com>:

> I would point you to josie.com. Josh is great... he provides RPMs of the FP
> Server Extensions and updates them whenever needed (patches, bugs, etc). He
> also maintains several useful mailing liss and provides personal, free
> support.

I think you meant "joshie.com".  "josie.com" is the Archie Comics web page for 
Josie and the Pussycats.

At http://www.joshie.com/projects/apache-frontpage/ there are RPM's to install 
a FrontPage enabled Apache server - the instructions tell you how to 
methodically remove any trace of your original Apache server prior to 
installing them.

I haven't tried this myself.  The howto is four years old, and there are lots 
of cautionary messages in the usenet newsgroups that say "be prepared to loose 
any work you have done building an Apache web site if you attempt to install 
FrontPage".

I'm not really clear on what FrontPage does for people.  I know it's a basic 
HTML WYSIWYG editor that provides a structured organisation of your files and 
allows you to "publish" via FTP or other transport.  What does having the 
extensions on the server really provide? 

More importantly, is there a way we can provide similar services without 
compromising security, sanity, and integrety and putting MS dreck on our 
servers?

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