On Dec 31, 2007, at 2:15 PM, Gil Hale wrote:
> Until I found ZipGenius I totally agreed. Now I partially agree, but
> without malice as I do like WinZip - a lot. It is an excellent Zip
> application. With the various compression options I needed, like a
> CLI to
> allow me to perfom automation tasks, the ability to create a self-
> extracting
> .exe, & and to be able to compress a file with true encryption
> protection, I
> found WinZip to be an excellent investment.
>
> But, once I saw that ZipGenius now offers these same capabilities
> on a No
> Charge basis, well, let's just say I am going to be migrating to
> that app on
> a Go-Forward basis.
And this was my point all along. If there are alternatives that do
what is needed at a lower price (or even free), basic market forces
will prevail, and the more expensive solution will become used less
and less over time.
-- Ed Leafe
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