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From: thom@f517.n107.z1.ieee.org (Thom Henderson)
Newsgroups: comp.compression
Subject: Re: PKZIP 2.0
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Date: 17 May 91 14:40:00 GMT
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 > It never fails... As soon as new compression programs appear which can
 > seriously challenge PKZIP, he brings out a new one which squelches them.

"As soon as"??  Make that "a year or so later" and maybe you'll have a point.  

You also overlook the necessity for the competition to release sources.  As
long as everyone but him keeps doing that, then he'll keep up.  

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