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Article #260Re: PKZip 2.0?
From: David LeCompte
Date: Thu, 06 Aug 1992 14:17
Date: Thu, 06 Aug 1992 14:17
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In article <1992Aug6.015318.680@sfu.ca> larrie@beaufort.sfu.ca (Larrie Simon Carr) writes: >In article <rdippold.712952327@cancun> rdippold@cancun.qualcomm.com (Ron Dippold) writes: >>mmeltzer@wam.umd.edu writes: >>>Has this version been released to the public yet? I downloaded a copy >>>from a local BBS, but it came zipped instead of self-extracting, and I'm >>>not sure if it's trashware or not. >> >>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? :) Because 2.0 - 2.2 all have "appeared" on their own. To try to avoid [further] confusion, PKWare isn't going to release any PKZip with any of those version numbers. -Dave LeCompte -- Your Mom! |I'm not paid to HAVE opinions. The Carburator! | Your Shoes! |This sig can be yours; send $15 to SCUD MISSILE!!! -"Scud Missile", Grunge |tsmaster@athena.mit.edu
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!dtix!darwin.sura.net!mips!sdd.hp.com!usc!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!news.media.mit.edu!tsmaster From: tsmaster@media.mit.edu (David LeCompte) Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.programmer Subject: Re: PKZip 2.0? Message-ID: <1992Aug6.141728.3529@news.media.mit.edu> Date: 6 Aug 92 14:17:28 GMT References: <1992Aug4.153535.21906@wam.umd.edu> <rdippold.712952327@cancun> <1992Aug6.015318.680@sfu.ca> Sender: news@news.media.mit.edu (USENET News System) Organization: MIT Media Laboratory Lines: 25