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From: Randy.Coghill@f70.n140.z1.FIDONET.ORG (Randy Coghill)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: PkaWare/PkaZip
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Date: 7 Mar 90 02:16:32 GMT
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Greg, I can understand where Phil is coming from, but I can see where
the Amiga community is coming from also.

PKAZIP in its current incarnation is useless to most Amiga users.  We
require/want a CLI version....We never asked for anything more/less.  I
run a BBS here and I have blocked out .ZIP files from my BBS as I am not
using ZIP and most of my users are not either.  I waited patiently for
ZIP to arrive on the Amiga and it severely disappointed me to find that
it was in the Intuition format.  Would it now have been more
logical/easier to do a CLI version first then add the GUI later if users
warranted it?  I know i would have sent in my registration had it been a
functional (read useful program).  I run a Paragon BBS and with every
other archiver it allows me to view files, archive messages for
download and Zip never fulfilled the need.

I am sorry that Phil is not happy with the Amiga users support, but they
are not about to pay for something that the can't/won't use do to the
way the programmer does things.  If you are on PKWare's BBS again soon
perhaps you could forward this message or just tell him what the Amiga
users feel.

Randy


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