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From: Caesar Romano on 20 Feb 2010 18:58
On Sat, 20 Feb 2010 18:30:03 -0500, "Max Wachtel"
<maxpro4uREMOVETHIS(a)hotmail.com> wrote Re Re: Zip freeware?:

>On Sat, 20 Feb 2010 18:18:44 -0500, Mike Echo <you(a)wish.invalid> wrote:
>
>> In article <op.u8fzhc1xfr5ts7(a)maximusthemad>,
>> maxpro4uREMOVETHIS(a)hotmail.com says...
>>
>>> On Sat, 20 Feb 2010 13:31:05 -0500, Smarteepantz <noone(a)nowhere.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> > I'm looking for a piece of freeware that will unpack the new .zipx
>>> > files.
>>
>>> you may have to install a trial version of WinZip to open their new
>> format.
>>
>> Great, another format, just what we need. Is this proprietary? I haven't
>> heard of it. Are there any advantages to it?
>>
>> R.
>1.yes
>2.yes for the makers of WinZip. The only other zip program that can handle
>.zipx is Power Archiver which is also payware.

Well, that's ironic considering the history behind the founding of
PKware and it's progeny WinZip.
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From: Mike Dee on 21 Feb 2010 06:25
In article <107bpxrj2boqo.1doghbqm3z4yi$.dlg(a)40tude.net>,
Smarteepantz <noone(a)nowhere.com> wrote:

> I'm looking for a piece of freeware that will unpack the new .zipx files.
> Thanks in advance for any help you can provide.

its a proprietary format.

you'll (ie; and the rest of us) will need to wait until it gets
disassembled (and gets re-badged as .zipy).

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From: Man-wai Chang to The Door (24000bps) on 21 Feb 2010 07:43
> you'll (ie; and the rest of us) will need to wait until it gets
> disassembled (and gets re-badged as .zipy).

Is zipx better than 7z?

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From: Shadow on 21 Feb 2010 07:53
On Sun, 21 Feb 2010 20:43:36 +0800, "Man-wai Chang to The Door
(24000bps)" <toylet.toylet(a)gmail.com> wrote:

>> you'll (ie; and the rest of us) will need to wait until it gets
>> disassembled (and gets re-badged as .zipy).
>
>Is zipx better than 7z?
zipx uses a combination of formats. Including bzip2. So I
suppose it chooses the one that gives the best compression for a
certain format. One for images, one for text, one for executables.
So it probably produces better compression, but would take
longer as it would have to analyze the file before choosing the best
algorithm.
Stupidity sending a zipx attachment to someone, if the
recipient needs to install extra software to unpack it.
If I receive one I will ask the sender to repack it using the
zip, or rar format, and re-send it. The trouble will probably make him
think twice next time.
A very bad idea, a year old, that did not (thank goodness)
become fashionable.
IMHO
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From: Mike Dee on 22 Feb 2010 06:06
"Man-wai Chang to The Door (24000bps)" <toylet.toylet(a)gmail.com> wrote:

> Is zipx better than 7z?

I really wouldn't know. ZIP and RAR are _good enough_ for me. I don't
think that I'll need another compression format for the life of me (I
use the 7z program but don't use 7z compression to archive files).

If someone was to send me a file in zipx format at this point in time I
would need to ask them to re-send it in a format that is universally
accepted, such as ZIP.

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