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From: msmith@topaz.rutgers.edu (Mark Robert Smith)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc,comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d
Subject: Re: PK361.EXE
Keywords: foot removal from mouth
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Date: 9 Aug 88 12:23:12 GMT
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OK, It appears I put my foot in my mouth this time.

Rahul, Sorry, I forgot that you are the author of ZOO.  What I meant
was that if you currently use SEA ARC for comp.binaries.ibm.pc, you
should switch to PKPAK, for the reasons I outlined.  However, if you
see (when it comes out) that ZOO is better than Phil's new program, or
that Phil's new program isn't portable, please use ZOO.

Steve,  Sorry, but stealing somebody else's market is a standard
practice inthe world of software.  Else, why are word processors able
to read WordStar's format?  Why can Excel read Lotus 123?  Why can
Paradox import dBase and RBase files?  It is standard to attempt to
grab somebody else's users.  That's called competition, and is the
backbone of the American business world.  If you build a better, but
still compatible mousetrap, the world will beat a path to your door.

Mark
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