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From: clarson@ux.acs.umn.edu (Chaz Larson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: Public Archive Format Issues
Keywords: encryption conversion issues
Message-ID: <2264@ux.acs.umn.edu>
Date: 25 Sep 90 15:35:06 GMT
References: <6050@spt.entity.com> <2267@runxtsa.runx.oz.au> <1990Sep20.013226.17253@eng.umd.edu>
Reply-To: clarson@ux.acs.umn.edu (Chaz Larson)
Organization: Iron City, USA
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In article <1990Sep20.013226.17253@eng.umd.edu> russotto@eng.umd.edu (Matthew T. Russotto) writes:
>
>We aren't asking for Aladdin to write a program to do all this stuff on
>non-macs-- only for them to make the information available to do so.  If
>you want another software analog, it would be like Apple refusing to release
>Inside Mac so that only they and other big companies willing to pay to
                                  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>learn the interfaces could program it.
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

The Alladin InterNet Rep remarked that if you want to write a tool to work
with Deluxe archives, feel free to contact Alladin for details.  He did not
mention anything about these details being available _only_ to "big companies
willing to pay".

Later today I will call Aladdin myself to get these details, and will report
my findings.

chaz



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