From: bwomack AT ptc DOT com (Brian David Womack)
Subject: RE: .tar.gz
31 Jul 1997 17:06:44 -0700
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Hail Jason!

Very good point.  I've felt that this debate about gzip being
non-portable was bogus as well.  Every UNIX and PC I've been
using has had a cross-platform compile of gzip.  Never had
a problem.

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On Wednesday, July 30, 1997 4:33 PM, Jason Zions [SMTP:jazz AT softway DOT com] wrote:
> > But g*zip is not portable, either, only *compress is "standard" on unix.
> > You can just as well install gtar, under that name, too (or link on Linux).
> 
> gzip/gunzip are a helluva lot more portable than compress/uncompress;
> the code is universally available, and unencumbered by the Unisys patent
> on LZW compression. The requirement for a patent license to ship
> compress has driven us away from providing it; we use gzip/gunzip.
>
> Jason Zions
> Softway Systems Inc
> http://www.OpenNT.com

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