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highlandsun said:
Sad story for sure. But I was the guy who invented the multiple-compression scheme algorithm. In particular, I was the guy who discovered that "incompressible" LZW files (such as GIFs) could be compressed using Huffman coding, back in 1987. And it was my code, integrated with SEA ARC, that was the first program to do this, anywhere on this planet.
I made exactly $0.00 from this discovery.
So it goes...
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Wow! So were you privie to the "inside story" between Vernon Buerg (ARC) and Phil Katz?
I remember using ARC long before using PKZIP! (AND, I STILL USE THE DOS LIST PROGRAM!)
I remember all the BBS's changing all their files over from ARC to ZIP.
The SCARY thing for me, is that I LOVE RUMPLE MINTZ too! I cannot tell you the last time I drank it, however, because the stuff is too strong, and you can easily go from completly sober to "what happened from 8pm until 2:00 am!