Messages in this thread | | | From | "" <> | Subject | RE: Deprecating .gz format on kernel.org | Date | Thu, 20 Mar 2003 22:42:51 -0600 |
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> -----Original Message----- > From: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org > [mailto:linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org]On Behalf Of Eric Sandall > Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2003 6:10 PM > To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > Subject: RE: Deprecating .gz format on kernel.org > LA Walsh said: > > ---- > > I asked WinZip for plugin support so users could add > > arbitrary compressions formats (I specifically mentioned 'bz2'). > > I even offered to do it myself if they wanted to give me > NDA access to > > the code.... and was told that they have thought about > > extensibility but had no plans to support it in the forseeable > > future. Consider it a benefit of a closed source product. > > They control your file format, they control your business > and personal > > decisions...nice. > > Anyone up for writing a Free version of Winzip to replace > > the "cooperative" Winzip authors' version (was was up for making > > minor mod's, but not starting from scratch). > > -linda > FYI, WinRAR (http://www.rarsoft.com) supports BZ2 files. ;) > -Sandalle
But, WinRAR doesn't handle symlinks.
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