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From:	"Thomas Mueller" <tmueller AT bluegrass DOT net>
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Subject:	Re: What features make WinZip a bad idea?
Date:	25 Feb 2002 10:53:30 GMT
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> I read this in a post here:

> "Winzip has many "features" that make using it with DJGPP a bad idea."

> What features make using winzip a bad idea?
  I ask because I dont think that I have ever used anything but WinZip.
  There maybe something that I have not noticed yet, that may be looming.

> Thanks,

> William

I never used WinZip.  I used PKZIP since before WinZip existed, then later
switched to Infozip, which is open-source, available for DOS 16-bit and 32-bit,
Win32, BeOS, OS/2, most all Unixes and quasi-Unixes, OpenVMS, etc.  UNZIP32 used
for DJGPP is part of Infozip.  I can't see why one would want to use WinZip in
view of the superior alternative.

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