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From: millerje@handel.CS.ColoState.Edu (Jeff Miller)
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Subject: Re: Archiver choices at an FTP site (garbo) (Was Re: Compressors)
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Date: 26 Jun 91 00:39:08 GMT
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In article <1991Jun24.181748.12705@uwasa.fi> ts@uwasa.fi (Timo Salmi) writes:
>In article <10002@discus.technion.ac.il> nyh@GAUSS.TECHNION.AC.IL (Nadav Har'El) writes:
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>changed.  Converting the files at an FTP site to another format is a
>_major_ effort.  The benefits would have to be really significant to
>warrant the effort involved.  We use several formats at
>garbo.uwasa.fi archives (since files come in in the various formats)
>but I prefer keeping .zip our principal method unless something
>truly revolutional comes along.  And nothing such is in the sights
>at the moment (even given these .arj test results).  

[last quote from prof. salmi]

I don't see any reason why why all the files at an FTP site  would have
to be changed... keep the existing files in their current archive format,
and for any new files, or updates of old files, use the "approved" format.

I do feel that "lha" is quite revolutionary, since it has amazing compression
ratios, and that it is completely free... no shareware, no licensing, etc.
It is also for this reason, that I feel ARJ would not be appropriate, as if
I remember correctly (I don't use ARJ), it is shareware with a required fee.
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