I agree with you. But on the other hand: if this forking out does happen you cannot win anyway. And my guess is that Aladdin will not actively develop Zip on the Mac platform as they set their goals on SitX there. And if the embedded zip format in the engine is "legacy 2003" that will be compatible for a very long time!
Mirko Rick Lecoat said: > From PM's point of view, the zip battle may be a moot point. > The battle to be the 'standard' Zip will presumably force Aladdin to pick > one format or the other for integration into Stuffit. Since PowerMail > simply leverages the Stuffit engine for it's compression abilities, it > follows that Aladdin's choice will decide which Zip format PM uses, not > CTM. > > Rick > > -- > G4/500 MHz (DP) :: OS X 10.2.6 :: 768 MB RAM > PM 4.1.3 :: 3 pane mode > <www.sharkattack.co.uk> > > -- > > Original message: > Received from Wayne Brissette on 18/8/03 at 12:17 pm > >>>That brings me to a question that I have lingereing for a while now: >>>Modern incarnations of Stuffit all have the capability of creating >>>Zip-archives. >>>Could we implement an option to use Zip alongside of Sit? It makes it a >>>lot easier to communicate directly from withing PM. >>> >>>Mirko >> >>Just as an FYI, there are two versions of the PC ZIP format currently >>fighting it out. There was a really good article about the issues and >>problems created by this in a recent CNET article. If I can find the >>article, I'll post the link. > > > > > -- Mirko Kranenburg Maastricht, Netherlands e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] OS X 10.2.6, QuickSilver 733, 1Gb RAM Freeway Pro 3.5, NavPak, GraphPak PowerMail 4.1.3, 3 panes the whole MarinerPak
