On Wednesday 03 May 2006 22:54, Robin Laing wrote: As far as I know RAR is not an open-source project. So it cannot be used.
RL> WinRAR-Marketing wrote: RL> > Dear OpenOffice.org Team, RL> > RL> > I am contacting you from win.rar GmbH, the official publisher of RL> > WinRAR, with a proposal for cooperation. While viewing your website RL> > at www.openoffice.org, I noticed that you offer your downloads RL> > mainly in .tgz format. We would like to propose you to consider RL> > adding the .rar format to your current download options. Since RL> > RAR files can usually compress content up to 30 percent better RL> > than ZIP, this would save downloading time for the people who RL> > download files from your website. RL> > RL> > WinRAR is the most complete file compression tool available RL> > on the market. It supports all RAR and ZIP archives, as well as most other RL> > popular archive formats. The RAR archiver is also available for Linux, RL> > MacOS X, DOS, OS/2 and FreeBSD. Moreover, WinRAR is constantly being RL> > developed. Please check out our official website at www.win-rar.com for RL> > more detailed information about WinRAR. RL> > RL> > If you agree to offer .rar as a download option for your downloads, we would RL> > of course provide you with a license key for WinRAR, including all future RL> > updates, for free. We also have a "Get WinRAR" button prepared for your use RL> > in order to lead your customers to our download site in case they are not RL> > familiar with our software. RL> > RL> > Should you have any questions, please feel free to contact me at your RL> > earliest convenience. You can reach me personally via e-mail or RL> > call me at +49-421-639390. RL> > RL> > Thank you for your consideration! RL> > RL> > I am looking forward to hearing from you soon. RL> > RL> > RL> > RL> > Best regards, RL> > RL> > Davlatbek Aminov RL> > Marketing Assistant RL> > RL> > win.rar GmbH RL> > Unser Lieben Frauen Kirchhof 10 RL> > 28195 Bremen RL> > Germany RL> > RL> > www.win-rar.com (website) RL> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (e-mail) RL> > RL> > +49 421 63939-0 (tel) RL> > +49 421 63939-99 (fax) RL> > RL> RL> I for one actually think rar may not be that bad of an idea. As many RL> know, there are tools to make download easier and repair bad downloads. RL> I feel that if RAR can work in Usenet, then it should work for OOo. RL> RL> How many times are there complaints about damaged downloads? With rar, RL> a person could download a par2 file and repair their damaged files. RL> Saving time and bandwidth to those that are most in need. RL> RL> The only issue I feel is OOo should find a cross platform supplier. One RL> that works on all the platforms that the users use, such as Linux, Mac RL> as well as Windows. Now if WinRAR can be cross compiled to work on RL> these other platforms, then great, go for it. Until then, hold off. RL> RL> -- With best regards, Dmitri Koulikov mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
