Re: PKZip 2.0?

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From: Ron Dippold
Date: Thu, 06 Aug 1992 03:42

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larrie@beaufort.sfu.ca (Larrie Simon Carr) writes:
>>It's either a PKZip 1.93a hack or a trojan.  Don't use it.  There will
>>be no version 2.0, 2.01, 2.1, or 2.2...  

>Excuse me?  Why no 2.0, etc version?  Are they asymtotically approaching
>2? :)

Well, because people are releasing fake PKZIP 2.xx programs with great
frequency...  Those are all known fakes/trojans.  Who knows what the
new version will be called.
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tender.  Turn your face away from the garish light of day, turn your thoughts
away from cold unfeeling light - and listen to the music of the night.

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