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From: "Arkady V.Belousov" <ark AT belous DOT munic DOT msk DOT su>
Date: Sat, 16 Feb 2002 20:20:01 +0300 (MSK)
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Hi!

16-ζΕΧ-2002 16:43 dlyenko AT yahoo DOT com (Denise L Yenko) wrote to
opendos AT delorie DOT com:

>>Arkady simply repeated what I said. agreeing to most of what I had to say in my post, but continuing to claim that RAR is still "...better..."
>>To clarify a small point, I don't use WinZip or PKZip/250)anymore. I now use only zip32.exe and unzip32.exe, for their LFN support. Both files, which are in the DJGPP distribution, are easy to find and use.

     I not receive this letter. With unfromatted lines.

DY> As just one example of "superior" technology being trumped by
DY> compatibility/open architecture issues, the ISA/EISA standard for PC
DY> card slots is still in use.  An innovative new "standard", "The
DY> MicroChannel", from IBM, although arguably technically superior to
DY> ISA/EISA, according to some, never made it in the market place primarily
DY> because it was not compatible with any other bus system, except IBM's
DY> and Radio Shack's *LICENSED* version.  The new "standard' format simply
DY> died of malnutrition after a couple of years.   The abandonment was so
DY> complete that one has to look long and hard to find hardware peripherals
DY> or programs that can use the PS/x architecture and BIOS.

     Unlike MCA, RAR is only shareware and gives free UNRAR and .DLLs
(which, for example, used in Windows Commander).

DY> As I said in my earlier post, my comments would probably not change your
DY> mind, and the majority of us won't change ours,

     And I not seek other goals. I simply use RAR and not convince anyone
(although explain why I use RAR instead ZIP if questions arise). Moreover, I
may with help of RAR create intelligent SFX with _interactive_ possibilities
and you will not see which format was used - but, as I say, distributing
executables is a bad tone.

DY> but it would be a polite
DY> thing to do to offer your code in a *GENERALLY USABLE FORMAT* (ie., the
DY> zip format.)
DY> My last words on the subject.

PS: About "compatability/open architecture issues". Try to find in any
modern standard documents like PC97, PC99, PC2000, etc mention of ISA...
Previously you say that worse, but open architecture wins in dispute with
proprietary architecture. And where now ISA?