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From: djm@castle.ed.ac.uk (D Murphy)
Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d
Subject: PKZIP `export version'
Message-ID: <5941@castle.ed.ac.uk>
Date: 25 Aug 90 15:53:57 GMT
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Organization: Edinburgh University Chemistry
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Whatever would anyone want that for ? Can't they get hold of real versions ?

This sounds like some moron in the State Department saying `its my ball and
youre not playing with it'. 

Is the only difference between the two that the US/Canada one has the ability
to encrypt the company-serial number data into a zipfile for the 
authentication check (since this was the only bit in the readme file which
had `US/Canada only' on it) ?

Now, I'm about to register for this thing (any *idea* how much profit the
banks make out of sending a cheque in another currency ? - lots) but I 
really think that if I'm to pay more for the software than those in the US
(given the bank ripoff) I should at least get the same package.

Murff...