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From: art@felix.UUCP (Art Dederick)
Newsgroups: comp.sources.d
Subject: Re: Let's have ONE standard lharc!
Message-ID: <156143@felix.UUCP>
Date: 24 Jan 91 15:29:49 GMT
References: <59448@aurs01.UUCP> <155962@felix.UUCP> <1991Jan22.105006@antarctica.crd.GE.COM>
Reply-To: art@felix.UUCP (Art Dederick)
Organization: FileNet Corp., Costa Mesa, CA 92626
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In article <1991Jan22.105006@antarctica.crd.GE.COM> davidsen@crdos1.crd.ge.com (bill davidsen) writes:
>In article <155962@felix.UUCP>, art@felix.UUCP (Art Dederick) writes:
>
>lharc, be faster, widely portable, and free. That is unlikely to change
>the minds of people who use zip now for political reasons.

You are probably right, brain-dead people will continue to use
brain-dead software.  Why someone would continue to use commercial
software when PD software w/ source is available, is beyond my logical
mind to comprehend.

The same can be said of using uuencode/decode instead of the excellent
program "abe" for binary distributions, including zoo archives.  Why
we have to stick to an antiquated encoding format is beyond me.  This
is no reflection on the c.b.i.p. moderator, I know he must bow to
public opinion in most cases.

Now where did I put that asbestos suit, I feel it getting warm
already.

Art Dederick
(714)966-3618 
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