Re: huge trash

From: Matthew Guenther <mguenthe engr uvic ca>
To: Anthony DeRobertis <asd suespammers org>
cc: cyberclay <cclay fastlane net>, Balsa List <balsa-list gnome org>, recipient list not shown:
Subject: Re: huge trash
Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2000 05:36:48 -0700 (PDT)

On Tue, 18 Apr 2000, Anthony DeRobertis wrote:

> > HTH, if you have any other questions, feel free to ask.
> 
> Out of curiosity: Why does every suggest gzip over bzip2? Especially since
> the latter compresses better.
> 

I know, but gzip is more common than bzip2 on unix in general, and more
programs are equipped to deal with it (like tar, less, and grep).  I didn't
want to make any assumptions.

MBG

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References:
- Re: huge trash
  - From: Anthony DeRobertis

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