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- From: nevries@accucx.cc.ruu.nl (Nico E de Vries)
- Newsgroups: comp.compression
- Subject: Re: New PKZIP expected to ship week of Jan 4 1993
- Message-ID: <3541@accucx.cc.ruu.nl>
- Date: 24 Dec 92 13:28:53 GMT
- References: <Bzr1x2.9FM@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> <1992Dec24.100808.3559@uwasa.fi>
- Organization: Academic Computer Centre Utrecht
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- (Timo Salmi) writes:
- >(Greg Flint) writes:
-
- >>I just logged off the PKWARE BBS where I read a message dated 23 Dec 92
- >>that repeated that the new PKZIP was in final beta, but then added that
- >>PKWARE expected to start shipping the week of 4 Jan 93. This is the smallest
-
- >I just don't believe it. (Pun intended, and only joking!)
- >What will we then use for vaporware. Waaaaaaaaaah!
-
- There will always be vaporware. Sometimes by accident (because of underestimated
- problems etc) sometimes to keep market share. Releasing nice looking beta's
- (e.g. PKZIP 1.93a, Windows NT etc) can be part of that strategy. On the other
- hand PKWARE has obviously not chosen to release a bug ridden quick released
- program, I expect the new PKZIP to have great quality. On the other hand
- I expect ARJ 3.0 to be even better. And only then we will see if PKWARE
- can keep its position also in the long term.
-
- > All the best, Timo
-
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