[softwarelist] Re: SparkFS 1.41b
- From: Dave Symes <dfs@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: davidpilling@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 09 Nov 2007 18:32:18 +0000 (GMT)
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<OF4E99BDF1.682F2D93-ON8025738E.00476FD5-8025738E.0047B150@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
<Andy.Ling@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > More windows people are sending me .rar files (must be because WinZip
> > is cack or something).
> >
> WinZip costs money .rar is free.
> To be fair, there are free applications that produce .zip files, but they
> usually support .rar as well. The rar format is open and free and can
> be more efficient, so I guess it is becoming more widespread.
> Andy Ling
It also seems a lot more prone to throwing corrupted archives, .rar that
is.
I've had more corrupt/trouble with archives when they are rar than I've
ever had with .Zip downloads.
Dave S
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