Re: PKZip 2.0?

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From: James N. Potts
Date: Sun, 09 Aug 1992 17:38

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In <l8ali3INNsjt@pollux.usc.edu> aabdalla@pollux.usc.edu (Ahmed Abd-Allah) writes:

>[Much discussion about PKZip ver 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
> 

Yeah, but that add's been out for some time now.  Since at least April or so.
Which means that they probably hadn't decided to not use those numbers when
they took out the add.

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