I am a extensive windows user. I never care about archive file formats after 7zip(free,opensource) installation: R-click then select to extract almost any archive. I don't see any point of discussion of bz or gz or zip. Arman. On Mar 19, 2013 7:17 AM, "Norman Rieß" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Windows people always expect us to bow to mediocre technology, make it > hard for us and easy for them. And then call us elitist.... > > > Am 18.03.2013 15:52, wrote Pascal d'Hermilly: > > > > Both Bernhard and Christophe are quite elitist, but my point is that > > there is no need for that. > > In this case it's no extra work to be there for everyone - It's just a > > mindful decision. > > > > /Pascal > > > > On 18-03-2013 15:44, Bernhard Posselt wrote: > >> Easy solution: install ubuntu in a vm and share a directory. Extract > >> the bzip in ubuntu and then the contents are available in windows. > >> > >> On 03/18/2013 03:40 PM, Christophe M wrote: > >>> > >>> Windows is an obstacle for people using a computer, stop blaming file > >>> format :p > >>> > >>> El 18/03/2013 13:31, "Pascal d'Hermilly" <[email protected] > >>> <mailto:[email protected]>> escribió: > >>> > >>> I was a bit supprised to see that the official download of OC5 is > >>> in TAR BZIP format since Owncloud has always tried to keep a low > >>> level of entry for new deployments. > >>> This means an extra obstacle for many people running windows, > >>> (mac also?) > >>> If the download was in zip this obstacle would not be present. > >>> The compression ratio is a little lower. > >>> not compressed=43,7 MB > >>> Tar.bz=13,2 MB > >>> Zip=17,8 MB > >>> > >>> I think tar.bz <http://tar.bz> gives some head aches to some > >>> people that we can avoid by using zip. > >>> > >>> Just a heads up. > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> Owncloud mailing list > >>> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > >>> https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/owncloud > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> Owncloud mailing list > >>> [email protected] > >>> https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/owncloud > >> > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Owncloud mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/owncloud > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Owncloud mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/owncloud > > > > _______________________________________________ > Owncloud mailing list > [email protected] > https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/owncloud >
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