28 Apr
2000
28 Apr
'00
10:35 a.m.
<< > he wrote PKZIP, and within a year ARC was no longer the defacto standard
for
BBS's. I believe the company that wrote ARC is
now extinct. Serves them
right. >>
Hmm . . . I'm not sure I understand this point of view. Katz _stole_ the
algorithm from ARC -- why shouldn't they sue?
I was using ARC and PKZIP extensively back in '88-'89 and IIRC Katz
reverse-engineered the ARC code in order to make his product work.
If this happened to me I would lose my sense of humor very quickly . . .
Glen
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