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Subject: Re: What features make WinZip a bad idea?
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> From: David Gravereaux <davygrvy AT pobox DOT com>
> Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
> Date: Sat, 23 Feb 2002 08:31:00 GMT
> >
> >One other ``feature'' is that WinZip converts text files to DOS CR-LF
> >format.  That could wreak havoc on some semi-ASCII files.
> 
> I think that's a settable option with tar file exploding.

AFAIK, _all_ of the misfeatures mentioned in this thread are
settable; the problem is that many users are unaware of the dnagers
in having them set, and also because the default settings seem to
be--how should I put it--suboptimal.