Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!bloom-beacon!apple!claris!sts!roy From: roy@sts.sts.com Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d Subject: Re: zoo'ed ibm-pc binaries? Message-ID: <77800010@sts> Date: 6 Mar 89 22:21:00 GMT References: <77800004@sts> Lines: 48 Nf-ID: #R:sts:77800004:sts:77800010:000:2159 Nf-From: sts.sts.com!roy Mar 6 14:21:00 1989 /* Written 7:39 pm Mar 1, 1989 by bga@bgalli.UUCP in sts:comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d */ I know that Roy has already collected some of the votes, but I feel that there is a need for the guidelines set before the voting begins. In other word, Roy, when will the voting begin and how long will the votes be taken? -- ____ | Billy G. Allie | Internet..: bga@bgalli.eds.com | /| | 7436 Hartwell | UUCP......: uunet!{mcf|edsews}!bgalli!bga |-/-|----- | Dearborn, MI 48126 | Compuserve: 76337,2061 |/ |LLIE | (313) 582-1540 | Genie.....: BGALLIE /* End of text from sts:comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d */ The voting has just begun and I was thinking more in terms of taking 3 weeks to collect all the votes and announce the outcome. I've seen much of the discussion going on and I feel that some of the objections are easily taken care of: 1) zoo doesn't compress as much as the new ZIP or PAK programs. That may be true, but there are two convincing reasons to use zoo instead of ZIP or PAK. Zoo is quasi-public-domain and portable and it can be used in many other applications and on many other machines. In other words, once you learn it, you can use it on your Unix system to store source code (preserving the directory structure and saving space at the same time) and/or to keep IBM/PC binaries around on the machine of your choice. These considerations more than make up for a small savings in space/time. The other reason is that no money/donation is being asked for to use zoo and the source code is available for anyone to make improvements to. If you think you can make zoo faster or compress better, go ahead ... This is more in the spirit of Usenet. 2) Zoo isn't available to me. If the switch to zoo is made, Rahul can post zoo201.exe to comp.binaries.ibm.pc and the latest zoo source to comp.sources.unix. That way, everyone will have a version for the PC and a version they can compile for their local Unix/VMS system. Roy Bixler | UUCP: ...!{claris,sun}!sts!roy Semiconductor Test Solutions | phones: (408) 727-2885 x132 (work) 4101 Burton Dr. | (408) 289-1035 (home) Santa Clara, CA 95054