On 8/9/2011 2:03, Invisible wrote:
> On 04/08/2011 05:14 PM, Darren New wrote:
>
>> There's a reason people still use the ZIP format and not 101 other
>> formats that compress better.
>
> I believe it's called "compatibility".

That's exactly the point. The original author of the zip format said "you 
may add any extensions and implement it all you want, as long as every zip 
program can unzip whatever files you create."  I.e., he used a gnu-like 
copyright license to insist that all zip programs interoperate.

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Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
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