Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!rutgers!mailrus!uflorida!gatech!rebel!george From: george@rebel.UUCP (George M. Sipe) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: Wake up and smell the coffee Message-ID: <47722@rebel.UUCP> Date: 3 Oct 88 16:39:24 GMT References: <4574232@ <16800358@clio> <925@psu-cs.UUCP> <1988Sep13.185106.14193@gpu.utcs.toronto.edu> <506@mks.UUCP> <439@l5comp.UUCP> Reply-To: george@rebel.UUCP (George M. Sipe) Organization: Tolerant Systems, Atlanta GA Lines: 38 In article <439@l5comp.UUCP> scotty@l5comp.UUCP (Scott Turner) writes: >(long, well reasoned comments on SEA vs. PK concluding that SEA's position > should be reconsidered, that PK is at fault, and that we need to back a > new standard) >Personally I'd like to see Rahul succeed with his ZOO program. I have no real >fondness for ARC, and like his ZOO program MUCH better. Of all the players >in this whole issue I think he's the one who should get public support. The >man has been responsive to public attention about his program, fixed bugs, >added features, and has consistantly NOT tried to turn a dime off it. When >people wanted to force money on him he told 'em to give it to a charity instead I agree completely. The ONLY complaint I've heard about ZOO is that CompuServe can't distribute the very latest version of it as it becomes available. That means in practice, they will be about 6 months behind the rest of the world in making the latest and greatest available. Big deal. This is Rahul's way of encouraging reasonable connect rates and/or trying to prohibit others from profiting directly from his work (when he himself doesn't and doesn't want to). This policy is probably doing us all a favor. (Note that old versions of ZOO can correctly process archives made with newer versions, only processing niceties added by a later version are lost when using a back rev.) Compared to SEA, old PK, and new PK - ZOO has clearly (that's **CLEARLY**) the best terms. ZOO's terms are in the public interest. They are in *YOUR* interest. Check it out yourself, directly. I've always liked ZOO in theory, but never tried it. Last week I brought it up on two Unix systems and on a few PC's. Works like a charm. Well thought out, fast, good compression, many useful features. I'll never go back, and personally, have absolutely no interest what-so-ever in PK's next proprietary, undebugged, unproven archiver. -- George M. Sipe, Phone: (404) 662-1533 Tolerant Systems, 6961 Peachtree Industrial, Norcross, GA 30071 UUCP: ...!{decvax,hplabs,linus,rutgers,seismo}!gatech!rebel!george