zip (was: Re: Disk archival techniques)

[Jim Leonard]

On Thu, May 19, 2005 at 01:06:21PM -0500, Randy McLaughlin wrote:
> There is no guaranteed method to go 500 years, the only reasonable thing is 
> to go with the best available.
> 
> In this case best means a format understood by the majority.
> 
> In the future ZIP formats will be better understood than any other current 
> format for the simple reason there are more zip files to examine than any 
> other.

My point exactly.  Thank you for so eloquently wording it.
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