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From: pfeifer@vax1.acs.udel.EDU (Mark C Pfeifer)
Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d
Subject: Re: zoo'ed IBM-PC binaries?
Summary: Why the rush?
Message-ID: <2970@udccvax1.acs.udel.EDU>
Date: 1 Mar 89 23:44:36 GMT
References: <77800005@sts> <5978@sdcsvax.UCSD.Edu> <13229@steinmetz.ge.com> <17652@genrad.UUCP> <5889@bsu-cs.UUCP> <631@mccc.UUCP>
Reply-To: pfeifer@vax1.acs.udel.EDU (Mark C Pfeifer)
Organization: University of Delaware
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Why is there a sudden rush to change formats?  This all started when
everyone got to talking about PKZIP, and either trashing or praising it.
Why do we have to change now, when PKZIP is uncertain, instead of waiting
for the program to mature to switch.

I'm sure ZOO is a really good program (judging by the responses, even though
I don't use it myself) - but what if, six months from now, we as a group
realize that SuperNewPakingProgram is the one that we want - you can't
keep switching.

Basically, my vote is one stay with ARC for now, but there's no reason not
to switch when we know more about the contestants.

No flames, please!

							Mark

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