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.ZIP vs. .gz




In OS/2land, a copy of GZIP also exists, and it works quite well.  But we
also have PKZIP 2.04g-compatible utilities from the nice InfoZIP folks
that are freeware (and support EAs!).  :-)

The advantage PKZIP's format has is a high level of recognition.  If a 
DOS user downloads a ZIP file, chance are extremely high that he/she will 
understand what needs to be done to extract the contents.

GZIP is *not* well-know in the DOS world.  On BBSes it's practically 
nonexistant.

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