Paul írta:
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
I also prefer 7-ZIP over RAR!
KAMI
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)
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>
> +49 421 63939-0 (tel)
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>
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
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