Posted by Andrew on 09/12/06 12:01

On 12 Sep 2006 02:24:45 -0700, "bigdaddybs" <bidarsan@hotmail.com>
wrote:

>Smed wrote:
>> whenever i tell people i use Frontpage for my html editor, they give that
>> little laugh and say, "well i guess you aren't serious about making a
>> website"...

snip>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

>
>> why do people hate Frontpage?..
>
>Because it's a Microsoft product, plain and simple. They (MS) created a
>webpage builder so anyone who has used almost any MS (and other)
>product (especially word-processors) could use it, and people hate
>that!

Hi Bigdaddy,

I seem to remember that many years ago Front Page was originally not
actually a Microsoft program. Did they buy out a company that was at
the time making a program called 'Front Page' and then apply the
Microsoft magic to it?

All the best,

Andrew
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Andrew
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