On 5/14/02 at 2:14 AM Marck D Pearlstone wrote: | |@14 May 2002, 18:14:16 -0600 (01:14 UK time) Pete Milne wrote in |[EMAIL PROTECTED]">mid:[EMAIL PROTECTED] | |> Seeing as I had to install Rar to unpack 1.60k, can someone in brief |> tell me why Rar instead of WinZip? Is Rar supposed to be a better |> application? | |It creates a much smaller archive file which, over the many thousands |of TB users who download upgrades, represents a huge saving in |bandwidth for RITlabs. =============
I'd be interested in seeing some number to back up the assertion of a "huge saving". The going rate is about US$3.00 per gigabyte of bandwidth per month. How many gigabytes per month does the use of rar, instead of zip, save? How does that compare to making customers pay US$39 for a copy of rar that they otherwise neither need nor want? ________________________________________________________ Current Ver: 1.60k FAQ : http://faq.thebat.dutaint.com Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives : http://tbudl.thebat.dutaint.com Moderators : mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] TBTech List: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Bug Reports: https://bt.ritlabs.com
