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From: ts@uwasa.fi (Timo Salmi LASK)
Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d
Subject: Re: PKZIP 1.10 vs. LHARC
Keywords: PKZIP
Message-ID: <1990Jun20.032819.23081@uwasa.fi>
Date: 20 Jun 90 03:28:19 GMT
References: <6782@amelia.nas.nasa.gov> <8762@crdgw1.crd.ge.com>
Organization: University of Vaasa
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In article <8762@crdgw1.crd.ge.com> davidsen@crdos1.UUCP (bill davidsen) writes:
>In article <6782@amelia.nas.nasa.gov> roelofs@amelia.nas.nasa.gov (Ender Wiggin) writes:
>| Lharc isn't exactly a speed demon under Unix, either (I haven't actually
>| done a head-to-head speed test of the two, but they seem comparable).  
>
>  Since there is no PKZIP for UNIX, LHARC is a lot faster there. So are
>ARC and ZOO. Phil has chosen not to compete in those systems.

I've wondering about why.  It doesn't make sound business sense,
does it?

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School of Business Studies, University of Vaasa, SF-65101, Finland
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