> > On Sat, 29 Oct 1994 10:59:05 +0100 (MET), Frode Tennebo said: > > I was working on a gzip-like (using LWZ compression) > > compressor/decompressor, > > but due to lack of time I never finished them. > > Just a small question... isn't the LZW algorithm (as used in Unix > "compress") patented? The documentation for gzip says so.
Actually the gzip uses LZ77. Whether the LZW is patented or not, I really don't know. If it is, so what? ;) > > > > Sorry, but if I want a useable Unix system I'll buy a 486 or a 68040... > > > I think I'd buy a Pentium or a DEC AIX/OSF........... > > I'm talking about things I could afford. Otherwise I'd have a sparc or an > SGI... Yeah yeah....a Pentium isn't all that expenive. You just need a lot of RAM and THAT's ekspensive. > > imc > -- * Frode Tennebo * It's better to live life in * * email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * wealth and die poor, than live * * phone: +47 712 57716 * life in poverty and die rich. * * snail: Parkv. 31, 6400 Molde, NORWAY * -Frode Tennebo*
