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Re: Let's talk about compression rates



On Sat, Jan 22, 2011 at 4:44 AM, S Mathias <smathias1972@yahoo.com> wrote:
> I presume kernel.org knows this. Why doesn't people use e.g.: XZ?
>
> This is the same as in PDF's. DJVU files could be amazing too. They could compress [convert] a 400 MByte PDF to a 20 MByte DJVU. Amazing.
>
> Why don't these technologies spread??
>
> Any opinions regarding it?
>
> Thanks.

I know that at least in the Windows world, .7z is starting to become
almost as common as .rar


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