In a message of , Craig Meekins (1:3639/3) writes: 
 CM> Quotes from the original message written at 06:12:00 on 28-Feb-97
 CM> Why their morals of course!  Sorry just couldn't resist.  Does the
 CM> emergence of JAR sound the end of ARJ?  Just curious, I've never really
 CM> seen ARJ take off, much akin to RAR.  What I mean that it has never
 CM> really, even though they are much better, invaded the territory that
 CM> PKZip has always had; bbs and most ftp sites.  Perhaps if JAR will
 CM> offer a faster and much improved file compression the old PKZip 2.04g
 CM> will start to go like the older PKZip 1.10 did.
Hi,
ARJ has never done that because we never INTENDED it to do that.  ARJ and JAR 
are aimed at specific application niches.  These are powerful programs not 
meant for novice-type use.  We sell thousands of licenses per year, but a 
large number of those are large site licenses.  These type of sales require 
little or NO technical support.  You should see the tech support that PKWARE 
has to provide.  They get hundreds of requests each day.  We get a few.
We get the satisfaction of developing and marketing a "famous" archiver 
product, making an excellent living, and enjoying ourselves.  We will keep 
improving our products, but you will not see us make improvements aimed 
solely at the general market.
Regards,
Robert
 
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