Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!pro-tcc.UUCP!lvirden From: lvirden@pro-tcc.UUCP (Larry Virden) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple Subject: Re: blu Message-ID: <8910020919.AA04570@trout.nosc.mil> Date: 1 Oct 89 21:49:47 GMT Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The Internet Lines: 22 Network Comment: to #638 by asuvax!mcdphx!xroads!cc@handies.ucar.edu I am sorry - my comments were unclear. My concern is after quite a few months convincing folks that a new standard was viable, and that it was an open standard, and that the software to use the new standard was freely available, I then have thrown back into my face by various sysops the question 'If this is such a good deal - why do I have to spend $40 to archive GS/OS files?' I believe that it would be best for the Apple community to search for archiving formats which do not require one to pay money to archive, and perhaps dearchive if resource files are involved, buying commercial software. Then again, perhaps I am wrong - certainly the MS-DOS world has survived, though the various archive formats certainly had public domain programs to support them. And Andy, I didnt mean to cause so much problems - I just felt like some discussion of the problem was needed. Who was selling your programs? You should talk to Don Elton - his COMMERCIAL software was being sold by folks without his permission! Larry W. Virden ProLine: pro-tcc!lvirden 674 Falls Place Work: lvirden@cas.bitnet Reynoldsburg, OH 43068-1614 Aline: LVIRDEN CIS: 75046,606