On 03/12/98 23:39:54 you wrote:
>
>On Thu, 12 Mar 1998 sirbruce(a)ix.netcom.com wrote:
>>
>> The alternative is pretty clear to me... don't use IIS/FrontPage if
>> it requires you to redo your entire infrastructure or approach in
>> order to support it.
>
> I don't think that's an option, unfortunately. The challenge is
>to give customers what they need, rather than what they think they
>want. They want NT. What they need is an easy way to manage the
>content of their Web site and the e-mail of their employees, without
>having the first clue about the Internet.
I can sympathize. I'm sure everyone here does. We've ALL been there. :)
And I'm not trying to start that tired old UNIX vs. NT argument. There
are circumstances where NT is a fine solution. All I'm saying is that if
the application isn't up to your needs, perhaps one should consider a
different application. (And if that means a different platform, then you
have reason to question NT in the first place.)
>Writing our own software to
>do that would take a lot longer than buying an off-the-shelf product.
>Maybe we'll go with FrontPage with Apache on Solaris, or perhaps we'll
>find that NFS on NT with the Netapp does the job for us.
I wouldn't be surprised if IIS/FrontPage have the same troubles over NFS
on NT, but I confess I don't know for certain as I've never tried it.
Bruce