Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!ukma!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!VAX1!greggt From: greggt@VAX1.CC.UAKRON.EDU (Gregg Thompson) Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d Subject: Re: ARC/ZOO/ZIP for comp.binaries.ibm.pc Summary: SEA ARC STOLE their Compression codes FIRST! Message-ID: <96@VAX1.CC.UAKRON.EDU> Date: 27 Feb 89 14:36:14 GMT References: <1325@csm9a.UUCP> Reply-To: greggt@VAX1.CC.UAKRON.EDU (Gregg Thompson) Organization: U of Akron Computer Center, Ohio Lines: 28 In article <1325@csm9a.UUCP> japplega@csm9a.UUCP (Joe Applegate) writes: > > >Amazing... whose code will PK pirate for PKZIP... >and whose compression format will he steal and market as his own???? > Boy this is amazing. Everytime something comes up about how PK "stole" SEA ARC's compression programs no one ever realizes that SEA ARC's compression programs were stolen in the first place too! There was a discussion on PC-Ohio long ago about the sources that were distributed from SEA ARC that contained copyright's from the original authors (like the author of the original sqz files!). I do not know if SEA ARC's sources still contain the different copyrights but from what the discussion on the PC-OHIO brought up was that these authors of the original programs probably didn't and haven't got a single dime from SEA ARC for the use of THEIR compression programs. Besides the name of the game is speed and space. Especially for most of the people who don't own 80+ meg hard disks and are running on 4.7 or 8mhz PC-XT compatables. I want something that will save me space and I don't have to wait around for ever for it to happen. As for BBS Sysops its great to have a fast ARC program (and now ZIP) program for use on OPUS and alike BBS systems. Besides that I don't want to spend forever downloading things off of SIMTEL20 because they decide not to use PKARC or PKZIP. It is hard enough to get on and stay on, so I would want the programs as compressed as possible. Even downloading them to my PC at 2400 baud takes a while. -- To live is to die, to die is to live forever; GRegg Thompson Where will you spend eternity? greggt@vax1.cc.uakron.edu