Re: Squash

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From: Alexander Swietlicki
Date: Sat, 15 Aug 1992 23:53

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In article <55858@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> ab@nova.cc.purdue.edu (Allen B) writes:
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>Someone just said that transfer time should be our major
>concern.  Maybe, but I think it is far more important to be
>accessible to the maximum number of users.  The
>difference between an archive and just a guy who has a lot
>of stuff is mainly one of stability and accessibility.
>
>The compression issue >is< important to me, but I'm just
>not swayed yet.

	I own Squash, and have since uncompressed every .tar.Z file and
Squashed it.  Squash typically can compress things in 55-65% of the space
it takes tar and compress.  And has a much nicer interface.  And with
UnSquashOnly being free, I don't see why anyone would want to distribute
software in .tar.Z format.

	Alex

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From: incubus@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu (Alexander Swietlicki)
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Subject: Re: Squash
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