+1 > -----Original Message----- > From: Paul [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, May 03, 2006 13:51 > To: [email protected]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [users] WinRAR Cooporation > > > Idealogically I would have thought OOo should support an OpenSource > alternative to any existing compression scheme. My preference is 7zip > (GNU LGPL license). > > Further (according to there website) compression rates are better than > winRAR, winzip, etc.. Available for max, linux, *bsd, win32 > > /paul > > > On 5/4/06, Robin Laing <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > WinRAR-Marketing wrote: > > > Dear OpenOffice.org Team, > > > > > > I am contacting you from win.rar GmbH, the official publisher of > > > WinRAR, with a proposal for cooperation. While viewing > your website > > > at www.openoffice.org, I noticed that you offer your downloads > > > mainly in .tgz format. We would like to propose you to consider > > > adding the .rar format to your current download options. Since > > > RAR files can usually compress content up to 30 percent better > > > than ZIP, this would save downloading time for the people who > > > download files from your website. > > > > > > WinRAR is the most complete file compression tool available > > > on the market. It supports all RAR and ZIP archives, as > well as most other > > > popular archive formats. The RAR archiver is also > available for Linux, > > > MacOS X, DOS, OS/2 and FreeBSD. Moreover, WinRAR is > constantly being > > > developed. Please check out our official website at > www.win-rar.com for > > > more detailed information about WinRAR. > > > > > > If you agree to offer .rar as a download option for your > downloads, we would > > > of course provide you with a license key for WinRAR, > including all future > > > updates, for free. We also have a "Get WinRAR" button > prepared for your use > > > in order to lead your customers to our download site in > case they are not > > > familiar with our software. > > > > > > Should you have any questions, please feel free to > contact me at your > > > earliest convenience. You can reach me personally via e-mail or > > > call me at +49-421-639390. > > > > > > Thank you for your consideration! > > > > > > I am looking forward to hearing from you soon. > > > > > > > > > > > > Best regards, > > > > > > Davlatbek Aminov > > > Marketing Assistant > > > > > > win.rar GmbH > > > Unser Lieben Frauen Kirchhof 10 > > > 28195 Bremen > > > Germany > > > > > > www.win-rar.com (website) > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (e-mail) > > > > > > +49 421 63939-0 (tel) > > > +49 421 63939-99 (fax) > > > > > > > I for one actually think rar may not be that bad of an > idea. As many > > know, there are tools to make download easier and repair > bad downloads. > > I feel that if RAR can work in Usenet, then it should work for OOo. > > > > How many times are there complaints about damaged > downloads? With rar, > > a person could download a par2 file and repair their damaged files. > > Saving time and bandwidth to those that are most in need. > > > > The only issue I feel is OOo should find a cross platform > supplier. One > > that works on all the platforms that the users use, such as > Linux, Mac > > as well as Windows. Now if WinRAR can be cross compiled to work on > > these other platforms, then great, go for it. Until then, hold off. > > > > > > -- > > Robin Laing > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
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