FYI, this would appear to be the relevant information from rtr.com:

"Since Microsoft provides the base source code to Ready-to-Run Software and
we port it to the various UNIX platforms at their request, you will have to
ask Microsoft to add it to the list.  If you would like to request that your
OS/Server be supported by the FrontPage Server Extensions for UNIX go to the
Microsoft Wish Page and request it.  If there are enough requests Microsoft
will consider adding it to the list."

One would think that HP, considering its relationship with Microsoft, could
make this happen (note FP X is available for Apache on HP-UX).


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Doug Becker [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Friday, March 23, 2001 3:03 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [HP3000-L] Microsoft FrontPage Server Extensions
>
>
> Mark Bixby wrote:
>
> >>> Mark Bixby <[log in to unmask]> 03/23 11:39 AM >>>
>
> The last time I investigated this, and it was a long time
> ago, FP comes in two
> pieces -- Apache DSO module source code which could be
> compiled on MPE, plus
> various assorted binary programs that the DSO needs to call.
>
> Those binaries are the problem.  They do not exist for MPE.
> The company who
> maintains those binaries for Microsoft is www.rtr.com.  I
> asked RTR about MPE,
> and they said Microsoft would have to approve, $$$$ would
> have to be paid, etc.
>
> This was all a long time ago.  Feel free to ask RTR about MPE again.
> __________________________________________________________________
>
> You are basically telling me that the porting effort was
> quite impossible...
>
> Here's what rtr says:
>
> "If you are seeking support for an unsupported platform or
> server we are willing to provide you with that support at our
> current FrontPage consulting rates ($245.00 per hour with a 1
> hour minimum)."
>
> I don't begin to claim to know how I would get that approved
> for next year's budget.
>
>