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From: nfs0294@dsacg1.UUCP (Glendell R. Midkiff)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Looking for commercial compression utility
Message-ID: <1536@dsacg1.UUCP>
Date: 27 Sep 89 11:04:30 GMT
References: <5560@videovax.tv.Tek.com>
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Organization: Defense Logistics Agency Systems Automation Center, Columbus
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From article <5560@videovax.tv.Tek.com>, by dougs@videovax.tv.Tek.com (Doug Stevens):
> 
> I'm looking for a compression utility that I can ship with commercial
> software. The utility will be used for initial installation (to reduce
> the number of disks needed), but it would also be nice to let the
> customers use it for other purposes.............

How about using PKZIP/PKUNZIP.  This is low-cost shareware that does a
great job of compressing.  It comes with  a utility that will convert
.ZIP file to a self-extracting .EXE file.  You could ZIP the file, 
convert it to EXE and the user then only has to execute it in the
sub-directory where he wants it unzipped.  The user does not need
to have the compress software.  If he has a need to use ZIP for other
needs, he can register his own version for a relative small fee.
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