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From: msmith@topaz.rutgers.edu (Mark Robert Smith)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: UNIX/MS-DOS Compress/ARC
Keywords: compress, arc
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Date: 9 Aug 88 15:57:29 GMT
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In article <276@wjh12.harvard.edu> djb@wjh12.harvard.edu (David J. Birnbaum) writes:

> ARC 5.21 is a common
> MS-DOS compression and archiving program.

> David J. Birnbaum

I would recommend against ARC 5.21, as it is the version put out by
SEA, and their belligerent attitude toward competition and quick use
of litigation to fight a superior product shows us that they are
greedy, and I wouldn't be surprised if they began suing for
unregistered copies.
As an alternative, I suggest PKPAK and PKUNPAK, available packaged as
PK361.EXE.  These utilities are very fast, and are compatible with ARC
5.21 when PKPAK is invoked with the -oct option.  There is no change
needed for PKUNPAK to make it compatible.  With the -oct option, PKPAK
will be compatible with UNIX ARC programs.

Disclaimer:  Neither PKWare, Inc or SEA, Inc, have ever spoken or
written to me personally, and the criticism/support above is solely my
opinion.

Mark
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