Date: Fri, 17 May 1996 23:33:26 -0500 From: "Bryan J. Smith, E.I." <b.j.smith@ieee.org> To: "Gary Palmer" <gpalmer@FreeBSD.org>, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org, freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.org, mark@quickweb.com Subject: Re: Microsoft FrontPage server extensions (was: BSDI binary Message-ID: <199605172333.TAA25342@sundial.sundial.net>
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You have to realize, Bill Gates considers 99% of OSes to be Windows-based and the other 1% is MacOS so therefore, if it's Windows and Mac he advertizes it as "Multi-platform." What an asshole ... -- BITMAN EI > To: John McNamee <jpm@microwiz.com> > Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org, freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.org, mark@quickweb.com > From: "Gary Palmer" <gpalmer@FreeBSD.org> > Subject: Re: Microsoft FrontPage server extensions (was: BSDI binary support) > Date: Fri, 17 May 1996 19:13:58 +0100 > John McNamee wrote in message ID > <199605171357.GAA24062@smoke.microwiz.com>: > > There is a problem with passwords. The FrontPage fpsrvadm program appears to > > have DES crypt linked into it (I wonder if Microsoft ever considered the > > export implications?). > > Probably not actually. There is now a lot of pressure in America to > revoke the crypto code restrictions, and I believe (from memory) that > one ``Bill Gore'' as made it an Presidential election issue that the > restrictions be at least lightened to allow 64bit DES to be exported, > if not totally banished. > > Also, they may actually just export the code that uses the DES library > and use one of the internationally safe ones (like we basically do). > > > By the way, I hear that Microsoft DOES NOT plan to release a Linux version of > > the FrontPage extensions. ISP's using Linux for their web servers won't be > > able to support customers with FrontPage. I expect FrontPage to become very > > popular with end-users who want to do their own web pages. It's a good > > application at an attractive price, and of course it has Microsoft behind it. > > We might see some Linux-based ISP's switching to FreeBSD because of this. > > Nice to hear :-) > > Gary > -- > Gary Palmer FreeBSD Core Team Member > FreeBSD: Turning PC's into workstations. See http://www.FreeBSD.ORG/ for info > > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ "I am Pentium of Borg. Precision is futile, you will be approximated." -- Stan "The Man" Buchanan, Jr. ========================================================== BRYAN J. SMITH, E.I. b.j.smith@ieee.org Systems Engineer http://www.sundial.net/~bjsmith/ ---------------------------------------------------------- - WAN Engineer, Hard Rock Cafe International - NSPE/FLBPR Certified Engineering Intern (E.I.) - IEEE Central FL Branch Secretary ---------------------------------------------------------- 1006 Teague Court Home: (407) 366-4620 Oviedo, FL 32765-7002 or: (407) 365-4693 ==========================================================
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