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.ZIP Standard to Fragment?
fudgefactor7 writes "As IDG.NET tells us, the venerable .ZIP compression standard is about to undergo a bit of a schism. PKWare and WinZip, the "big two" in the .ZIP format biz are (unfortunately) going to be making their respective releases incompatible (to an extent) and an archive made with one may not be accessible from another. The problem lies with PKWare not giving information to WinZip, thus making WinZip to go it alone."
boys, boys, boys... Let's all stop the fussin' and a feudin'
I LOVE you Winzip!
I LOVE you, PKZip!
*hugs all around*
There, isn't that better?
It was a joke! When you give me that look it was a joke.
Oh well, I guess I'll just have to keep using WinRAR.
You see? You see? Your stupid minds! Stupid! Stupid!
"The problem lies with PKWare not giving information to WinZip, thus making WinZip to go it alone."
Compression employed on this sentence may cause incompatibility with standard English.
"Certificate-based encryption is still a work in progress," says Jim Peterson, PKZip chief technology officer. "We're not publishing it because we still have a number of features to add to Taco's Backside."
Great job, +2 so far.
Moderators, it's only informative if you actually read it...
You think that I'm crazy, you should see this guy!
switching the locations of the I accept and Quit buttons every time you open it.
What? you mean there's competing closed source applications on windows that break compatibility with each other.
Surely, you jest.
Altp.
Can I get a D?!?!
D!!!
Can I get an M?!?!
M!!!
Can I get a C?!?!
C!!!
Can I get an A?!?!
A!!!
What's that spell!?!?
Tyranny!
What's that spell!?!?
Bunch of assholes in Congress!
What's that spell!?!?
Lack of Innovation!
Dunno if either side would be big enough assholes to try it, but why couldn't you use DMCA there?
-Looking for a job as a materials chemist or multivariat
Hey, perhaps they can use the extension .WIP
Seems to accurately reflect the idea that WinZip is still a Work In Progress, eh?
H0ek
Think you're smart? Prove you've got brains!
What will my unix *zip programs be compatible with?
Zip.
Edith Keeler Must Die
anybody hitting those limits is a lamer or a file sharing pirate, probably both. kids these days. thank god for the mpaa and the riaa.
The genius who built a multimillion-dollar software company known worldwide for its pioneering "zip" files had died of acute pancreatic bleeding caused by chronic alcoholism.
Bizarre, I get pancreatic bleeding whenever I read any of John Katz's old articles.
Wonder if they are related.
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Wait... is "usaly" the bzip2 compressed version of usually?
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I vote we go back to LZH, ARJ, or ARC
I miss the BBS days where you needed about 10 compression programs.
Reliable news sources (possibly an Iraqi Minister of Information, or worse, a White House Official) tell us that due to disagreements between Digital Research and Microsoft, the latest MS-DOS release (11.2a) will no longer be compatible with DR-DOS 11.x.
All five remaining DOS users are likely to be severely complacement. For more information on this stunning development, we asked...
Sig for sale or rent. One previous user. Inquire within.
Well, I heard that the new encrypted zip archives from PkWares program will have a new extension, .piz
If you mod me down, I *will* introduce you to my sister!
People who break compression standards should be tarred and gzipped... I mean feathered.
Escher was the first MC and Giger invented the HR department.
A good example is OpenOffice.org, just look at the amount of supported (and completely different) formats!
Too bad it doesn't handle OpenOffice documents very well.
Every protected zip Iâ(TM)ve ever seen has the same key: IAMANADULT.
But since 99.9% of /. readers never follow the links and assume that the whole story is in the headline, who cares?
Not everything that can be measured matters; Not everything that matters can be measured.
PKWare is still in business?
Long live 2.04g!
luckily, most people stopped using pkware when they stopped using dos, so this doesn't present a problem.
"since the days of MS-DOG^HS passing"
haw haw haw!
get it?
because - hahahaha
MS-
DOG? but then, I inserted a BACKSPACE SO YOU COULD SEE WHAT I WAS TYPING BUT THEN COULD DO THE BACKSPACE IN YOUR HEAD TO SEE WHAT I ACTUALLY WROTE!
Pure hilarity!
MS-DOG!
HAAHHAHAHAHA
You just told Microsoft they need to create their own incompatible Zip format!
I wonder how your signficiant other (or would-be significant other if you presently lack one) feels about Microsoft now, given they 'fixed' you. Now I know where their company name comes from, going around 'fixing' people. ;-)
--JoeProgram Intellivision!
Yeah, that's what the .gz.tar format is for.
Geez, sounds like he wasn't running a tight operation. All the girls in MY stripper-entourage are trained to drive me immediately to the hospital once I start puking blood and urinating uncontrollably.
Magnatune: Quality (DRM-free) MP3/FLAC/
Now I know where their company name comes from, going around 'fixing' people.
This is clearly one area where MS have learned from Eunuchs.
I've used WinZip, and it's nice and all, but I just have a hard time using a product from a company with that name (third entry from the top).