Re: PKZip 2.0?

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From: Ahmed Abd-Allah
Date: Sun, 09 Aug 1992 17:30

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[Question regarding availability of PKZip ver 2]
 
 

>>>>Has this version been released to the public yet?  I downloaded a copy  
 
 
>>>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
 
Not so fast...  In Dr. Dobbs Journal, Aug 92, page 4, there is an ad from
PKWare announcing the release of PKZip version 2.0 ...
AAA

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Subject: Re: PKZip 2.0?
Date: 9 Aug 1992 10:30:43 -0700
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