linux and MS front page

[Dustin Decker]

On Wed, 12 Feb 2003, Jonathan Hutchins wrote:

> 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? 

I don't think Front Page Extensions do transfers via FTP.  It's a 
technology called "WebDAV" - which IIRC is sort of like SMB/CIFS over 
HTTP.

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

Hehe... not sure there is.  When we lay with the dogs (start supporting
Front Page clients) we get their fleas (inherit their problems).
D.

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