RE: Deprecating .gz format on kernel.org

["Vlad@geekizoid.com" <vlad@geekizoid.com>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org
> [mailto:linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org]On Behalf Of Eric Sandall
> Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2003 6:10 PM
> To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
> Subject: RE: Deprecating .gz format on kernel.org
> LA Walsh said:
> > ----
> > 	I asked WinZip for plugin support so users could add
> > arbitrary compressions formats (I specifically mentioned 'bz2').
> > I even offered to do it myself if they wanted to give me 
> NDA access to
> > the code....  and was told that they have thought about
> > extensibility but had no plans to support  it in the forseeable
> > future.  Consider it a benefit of a closed source product.
> > They control your file format, they control your business 
> and personal
> > decisions...nice.
> > 	Anyone up for writing a Free version of Winzip to replace
> > the "cooperative" Winzip authors' version (was was up for making
> > minor mod's, but not starting from scratch).
> > -linda
> FYI, WinRAR (http://www.rarsoft.com) supports BZ2 files.  ;)
> -Sandalle

But, WinRAR doesn't handle symlinks.

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