Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!lll-tis!ames!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!bloom-beacon!mit-eddie!uw-beaver!cornell!rochester!pt.cs.cmu.edu!andrew.cmu.edu!kg0r+ From: kg0r+@andrew.cmu.edu (Kenneth Gober) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: PK361.EXE Message-ID: <8X2safy00V4I02sYln@andrew.cmu.edu> Date: 19 Aug 88 01:51:39 GMT Organization: Carnegie Mellon Lines: 14 Looking at the settlement from a user's point of view, it seems that 2 problems have been taken care of. 1. Official SEA Arc will now run faster, since SEA has PK's code. 2. The slightly different file formats (i.e. the PK extensions) no longer compete. While I won't say (read- I'm too tired to compose my thoughts) what the effects of this litigation will have on software publishers, from a user's standpoint, I see no disadvantages to this settlement. And, except for those who make tools to make tools, software publishers are in the business of serving users' needs, are they not? Kenneth Gober kg0r@andrew.cmu.edu