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to: JEAN PARROT
from: CHARLES ANGELICH
date: 2002-11-05 05:05:00
subject: Zip and all.

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Hello Jean - 

JP> He said: 

CA>> Using Pkzip for anything but quick-n-dirty archives is a
CA>> bad idea. 

JP> How would you compare Pkzip and Winzip. Same PRG under a
JP> different hat ? 

You addressed the question to Wayne but it's my quote. ;-) 

Anything that uses the ZIP format is trouble. No error
correction. 

Different hat, no. Winzip decompresses many formats other than just
ZIP files, PKzip only does ZIP files. 

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