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From: feg@clyde.ATT.COM (Forrest Gehrke)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: SQUASHED!
Message-ID: <10710@clyde.ATT.COM>
Date: Wed, 1-Jul-87 09:40:54 EDT
Article-I.D.: clyde.10710
Posted: Wed Jul  1 09:40:54 1987
Date-Received: Fri, 3-Jul-87 01:24:47 EDT
References: <642@cgh.UUCP>
Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Whippany, NJ
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Keywords: ARC, PKARC, squashed, STANDARDS
Summary: ARC, PKARC, Standards,  Luddites


Why all this refusal to accept improvements and innovation? Are
we turning into a bunch of Luddites?  I think Phil Katz is doing
a fantastic job.  He has included several means for turning off
squashing if not desired.  But even C standards have been
subject to change--hopefully for improvements.  Sure, there
will be some confusion initially, but these things can be
accommodated eventually.  Many BBS are adopting PKARC with
squashing as their standard method of archiving because it
reduces file size and for its speed.

Come on guys, get with it!!

Forrest Gehrke