Xref: utzoo comp.sys.ibm.pc:18010 comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d:697 Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!yale!husc6!ukma!simon From: simon@ms.uky.edu (Simon Gales) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc,comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d Subject: Re: PK361.EXE Message-ID: <10152@e.ms.uky.edu> Date: 11 Aug 88 01:37:19 GMT References:Reply-To: simon@ms.uky.edu (Simon Gales) Organization: U of Kentucky, Mathematical Sciences Lines: 34 In article msmith@topaz.rutgers.edu (Mark Robert Smith) writes: >WEll, Phil has released PKPAK 3.61, with the obvious name change and a >bug fix. >It seems that big bad SEA forced him to change the name, AND forced >him to abandon even the compression algorithms that he was using. >Now, he has until early 1989 to develop a new program. > ... >I urge you all to do the same. I also urge Rahul Dhesi to switch to >Phil's new standard as soon as it is available. I also urge SIMTEL20 >to convert its archives to the new standard. We need to show SEA that >their kind of competition through litigation is unacceptable, and that >competition through improvement is the only acceptable form of >competition. Why not urge Phil to convert to the same standards zoo is using? It would be interesting to see how many of us like/dislike zoo. If enough of us are using zoo, then another program using the same standards (but more suited to those who dislike zoo) seems to be the best solution. > >Mark > >-- >Mark Smith (alias Smitty) "Be careful when looking into the distance, >Tenafly, NJ 07670 {backbone}!rutgers!topaz.rutgers.edu!msmith >msmith@topaz.rutgers.edu Bill and Opus in '88!!! <--------------------------------------------------------------------------> <--- Simon Gales@University of Ky 254-9387/257-3597 ---> <--- [ simon@ms.uky.edu ] | [ simon@UKMA.BITNET ] ---> <-------------------------------------------------------------------------->