Re: [cobalt-users] FP 2002 ISP Advice

[Gerald Waugh <gerald@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Friday 14 December 2001 23:23, David Grove wrote:
> Hi guys,
>
> I think I have an ISP feeding me a load of hooey. We have a colo, renting a
> (I believe) RaQ4. It's loaded with FrontPage user extensions for FP 2000.
> I've built the company's websites with FP 2002 (XP), because it's easier
> for the boss to get in and hack around.
>
> The tech at the ISP (or whatever it is) says that it's difficult to
> impossible, or at a minimum an extremely lengthy and costly process to
> upgrade to the newer FP 2002 server extensions so that the websites can
> work as/is without a rewrite of most of it.
>
> Simple question 1: Am I being led down a loopity loopy horse manure path?

   No, even Sun/Cobalt will not mess with M$ fp 2002 extensions

> Simple question 2: Is installing these things difficult?

   Next to impossible!

> Simple question 3: Are they available for this system?

  No!

> Simple (rhetorical) question 4: Do I need a lawyer and a new ISP? I think
> we've dropped over a grand just getting up a partially functional
> webserver, mailserver, and I'm not sure if the FTP server's been touched
> yet...

No!

> Please just give me generalities because I'm totally new to the RaQ systems
> and FPSE/Linux, though not new to Linux itself.
>

You can use FP 2002, but you can not use features that are incompatible. 
search the archives, and you may get more information.

-- 
-Gerald