From:	bytor AT logicsouth DOT com
Subject:	Re: To use or not to use InstallShield
9 May 1998 17:48:42 -0700 :
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On Fri, 8 May 1998, The Myers Family wrote:

> Further, a tarball distribution would NOT force every Win95/NT user to wade 
> through using tar and gzip.  I use WinZip, which rips through .tar.gz 
> and .tar.Z archives as easily as plain old ZIP files.

I do find it rather annoying and inconvenient to be forced to reboot to
win95 just to extract the files... They didn't extract very well under
WINE.

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       | bytor AT logicsouth DOT com | UNIX _is_ user-friendly. It's just not |
       |     By-Tor AT EfNet     | ignorant-friendly and idiot-friendly.  |
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