Xref: utzoo comp.sys.mac.apps:4743 comp.sys.mac.misc:9807 comp.sys.mac.programmer:22817 Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps,comp.sys.mac.misc,comp.sys.mac.programmer Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!caen!news.cs.indiana.edu!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!pequod.cso.uiuc.edu!dorner From: dorner@pequod.cso.uiuc.edu (Steve Dorner) Subject: Re: PROPOSAL - Archive Standard Message-ID: <1991Mar20.142508.15745@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> Sender: usenet@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (News) Organization: University of Illinois at U-C References: Date: Wed, 20 Mar 1991 14:25:08 GMT Lines: 17 In article jeffb.bbs@shark.cs.fau.edu (Jeffrey Boser) writes: >4) Compatability with other machines is NOT the responsability of the > format creator. ie: is it IBM's fault that macs and other machines > cannot read their disks? if you have unix, why dont *you* write > a program to let you peek into compressed files? It is the responsibility of the author of the compression software to make his or her format public, so we CAN write programs to peek into their files. That's the beef with some of these newer archivers; they won't pony up their format, so nobody can do diddly with their archives except on a mac, using their program. "Oop! Ack! Phhthhh!," in the words of one past Presidential candidate. -- Steve Dorner, U of Illinois Computing Services Office Internet: s-dorner@uiuc.edu UUCP: uunet!uiucuxc!uiuc.edu!s-dorner