Re: [cobalt-developers] Frontpage

[David Lucas <david@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 09:57 PM 12/10/2001, you wrote:
> The other issue nobody seems to acknowledge in all these threads about
> FrontPage, is that you can still publish a FP2002 site to FP2000 server
> extensions. The only issues that arise are if you use any of the newest
> components that are FrontPage 2002 specific. We have published many sites
> for people using FrontPage 2002 with FrontPage 2000 extensions without any
> problems.
>
> It would help the Linux cause take large leaps forward if we all looked for
> solutions to working with Microsoft products until we have better and more
> marketable solutions for applications like easy-to-use web editors.

Surprise.
NetObject Fusion http://www.netobjects.com
Homesite http://www.macromedia.com
Cold Fusion Studio http://www.macromedia.com
Dreamweaver http://www.macromedia.com
Go Live http://www.adobe.com
These are all major web editors and some are pretty easy to use.
I use NetObject Fusion regularly.  There are some others out there that are 
either free or inexpensive.
Microsoft does not even make their own products work together.  My sister 
is a teacher and was shown Publisher as a product to create web pages 
in.  She did.  It stinks!!!!  It tells you it creates web pages.  Try 
it.  It IS a Microsoft product.  Frontpage problems people are having are 
just pure Microsoft.  They want everyone to upgrade everything to the 
newest Microsoft Product and version available.  I have sold a lot of 
software and it has always been the history of Microsoft to obsolete 
products, even their own.  Yes we are going to have to work with Microsoft 
products, but we also need to keep our customers informed as to what we can 
do and what products can be used.  I am sorry if that means more work for 
you.  But then again, you can always get a Microsoft Windows server and run 
IIS on it.  Oh yea, they are making major changes to the next version of 
IIS too.  If you have a server running a Windows Server and IIS now, it 
might now work correctly with the next upgrade.  Don't blame it on Linux 
for Microsoft products not working with something.