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to: JONATHAN DE BOYNE POLLARD
from: ROGER NELSON
date: 1997-01-24 08:13:00
subject: Backup Software

Jonathan de Boyne Pollard wrote in a message to Lawrence Mintz:
 JdBP>   It's just idle speculation on my part, but I wonder _why_ after
 JdBP> all this   time, PKWare are starting to act interested in OS/2
 JdBP> again.  One wouldn't   have thought that given the prevalence of
 JdBP> Info-ZIP's `zip' and `unzip'   it would be a very profitable
 JdBP> avenue for PKWare to pursue, especially   given the obvious (and
 JdBP> predictable) attitude of many people (such as   yourself) who are
 JdBP> perfectly content with the Info-ZIP utilities. 
 JdBP>   Whatever the reason, this is a development that should be
 JdBP> encouraged.   Maybe we should contact Robert K Jung, tell him
 JdBP> what his competitors are   doing, and try to get that version of
 JdBP> ARJ for OS/2 finished that he was   talking about some years back
All this at a time when some are declaring that OS/2 is dead.  I find it 
amusing, but maybe the naysayers will finally be convinced that OS/2 is alive 
and well and get off the lemming path.
Regards,
Roger
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