Add file to zip, or replace file in zip
Scott David Daniels
scott.daniels at acm.org
Mon May 1 17:44:46 EDT 2006
Edward Elliott wrote:
> Scott David Daniels wrote:
>
>> Edward Elliott wrote:
>>> Scott David Daniels wrote:
>>>> ...
>> > ... You windows kids and your crazy data formats.
>> There were a few oth OS's than Linux and Windows. Maybe you
>> should call me "you crazy Tenex kid."
>
> Windows popularized the zip format, but if you insist:
> You crazy Tenex kids, with your char-at-a-time raw password checking and
> new-fangled virtual memory. Back in my day, all we had was Multics and we
> liked it that way.
Actually I think it was a combination of CP/M and DOS that popularized
the ZIP format; essentially the floppy-disk set, for whom the zip format
was a godsend.
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-Scott David Daniels
scott.daniels at acm.org
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