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From: Ralf.Brown@B.GP.CS.CMU.EDU
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Subject: Re: PK361.EXE
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Date: 13 Aug 88 00:37:30 GMT
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In article <444@csed-47.csed-1.IDA.ORG>, roskos@csed-1.IDA.ORG (Eric Roskos) writes:
}is that now, at least for the present, the archival method used for the
}Usenet's PC archives is based on a commercial product, and thus the
}Usenet is supporting a commercial product.  In the old days, this would

No one is forcing you to use the commercial ARC or PK***!  You could just
as easily use V. Buerg's ARCA/ARCE/ARCV to manipulate the archives.

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