Quote:
Originally Posted by By-Tor
WinZip has a large userbase, regardless of whether we like it or not. 7-zip can handle most of ZIPX, with the exception of jpeg compression, but, Igor has stated he would implement some form of it if he saw a need.
ZIP by its nature is just a container format. So, you're right, it doesn't matter much what you call it. I'm just thinking about trying to capture the largest audience possible.
I'm by no means anti-PAF. heh. I'd love to see a better format. After seeing so many archive formats come and go, I know it takes time for any format to catch on if at all.
|
yeah, but there are much bigger differences to be made with new, proper format... you cant just put something into zip and get good results, it doesnt work that way.
compress folder with zipx lzma and with 7zip lzma, and notice that the difference in size could be up to 50%, simply because zip doesnt and will not ever have proper solid compression.
point with paf is that we can make something unique with it that nobody else has - compression for many popular formats... weather it becomes next biggest thing is something else, we plan to use it in our next backup utility as well, where nobody does any of these things and space savings will be significant.