Lennart Sorensen wrote:
On Fri, Jul 07, 2006 at 04:45:58PM -0400, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote:Same here. However, not everyone thinks the same way.Yeah I know. Microsoft Office users for example. :) tar I understand (although there are a lot of different implementations of it too). Zip works too for some things. I think rar v3 is almost exclusively used by software pirates to get the most compression for the files they are distributing. Maybe I am just too synical. :) Len Sorensen
You are.RAR v3 is used because pirates are creatures of habit, and it always *used* to be best, and easy to use with pirated WinRAR. 7zip gives better compression for those who are doing more than following tradition