Re: 7-ZIP for Mac OSX ???

["Michael J. Mahon" <mjmahon@aol.com>]

mdj wrote:
> On Jun 30, 7:09 am, "sfahey" <sfa...@a2central.com.remove-k08-this>
> wrote:
>
> >  To: Garberstreet Electronics
> >  Re: 7-ZIP for Mac OSX ???
> >  By: Garberstreet Electronics to comp.sys.apple2 on Mon Jun 29 2009 03:06 pm
> >
> > > I don't have a Mac, so someone try this, please.
> > >
> > >http://web.me.com/krmathis/
> >
> > Mac users will probably prefer this app.
> >
> > http://wakaba.c3.cx/s/apps/unarchiver.html
> >
> > It's free, open source and a whole lot more versatile.
>
>
> What's wrong with plain old Zip ? Works everywhere, doesn't require me
> to download extra tools.
>
> And no, I don't care if <insert whiz-bang new tool> get's 2-3% better
> compression. Wake me up when it's 25-50%
>
> Not wanting to complain, mind. Just think it's easier to stick with
> simple.

My thoughts exactly.

Occasional specialized filetypes have special redundancies that
justify particular compressions (JPEG, MP3, etc.), but virtually
everything else can be sufficiently compressed with a standard
app--and the world is much better with fewer "standards".  ;-)

The last thing we need is a bunch of people writing their own
peculiar data compression programs for public distribution.

-michael

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