Path: utzoo!utgpu!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!lll-tis!helios.ee.lbl.gov!pasteur!agate!labrea!decwrl!pyramid!prls!philabs!micomvax!ray From: ray@micomvax.UUCP (Ray Dunn) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: GSARC - non-compatible more efficient archiver Message-ID: <1334@micomvax.UUCP> Date: 20 Oct 88 17:19:53 GMT References: Reply-To: ray@micomvax.UUCP (Ray Dunn) Organization: Philips Electronics Ltd. (TDS - Montreal) St. Laurent QC, Canada Lines: 29 > [GSARC] ....are we to resist this just because it's >incompatible - even though it is a significant step forward in >compression efficiency? [There should be a smiley variation available which depicts rolling all over the top of desk in helpless mirth] To answer the question - yes, unless you want to perpetuate the state of non-standardisation. Standardization is invariably about just this - making do with something which might not be 100% ideal, but which is a *standard*, and is widely available. > ....It will be interesting to see what SEA's >reaction will be. Indeed. Anyone continuing to try to protect a commercial interest in something as relatively trivial as archiving software will have their work cut out in the long term, particularly when *none* of the components are "secret" or unpublished. They cannot be faulted for trying, however. Any inability to resist each improvement will also keep the whole situation in a continuous state of flux. -- Ray Dunn. | UUCP: ..!philabs!micomvax!ray Philips Electronics Ltd. | TEL : (514) 744-8200 Ext: 2347 600 Dr Frederik Philips Blvd | FAX : (514) 744-6455 St Laurent. Quebec. H4M 2S9 | TLX : 05-824090