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leoric1928:
hello to all,

   I've just notice that windows xp OS can already unextract zip files, i think this is another anti trust case, what do you think?


tnx

hm_murdock:
doubtful, as file archiving utilities have been packaged with OSes since early UNICES in the form of the tar program.

Mac OS 10.3 Panther also supports arch/de-arch within the shell. MS's unzipper is pretty bare-bones and in no way can compete with winzip.

Winzip supports about 15 or 20 different formats including tar, gzip, sit, hqx, bin, and I think lha and arc... the "compressed folders" in windows aren't even fully zip compatible.

Stryker:
any os should be able to do that, microsoft has had it since windows ME. and i've never had to pay for using winzip.

ciaran:
all it is is the old ms-dos pkunzip utility, which has been around since i was using windows 3.11 (most stable version of windows EVER), without the "hassle" of using it from the dos prompt...

[ August 28, 2003: Message edited by: ciaran ]

bigsleep:
You can add the free DOS version of PKZip to the right-click menu in any version of Windows, however I prefer RarLab's WinRar.
Microsoft is lame for not doing it 8 years ago.

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