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WINRAR free this sunday 30th July 2006
AbteriX:
Thanks for the info, kimmchii :Thmbsup:
mwb1100:
Hoo boy, I bet that's gonna be a dificult link to actually get to... it's not Sunday yet, and I'm getting:
Warning: mysql_pconnect() [function.mysql-pconnect]: #08004Too many connections in /opt/www/wwwroot/www.win-rar.com/html/t3lib/class.t3lib_db.php on line 813
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Sentinel:
Wow, this is pretty cool even though it is locked to a single version. I doubt it will be a problem for most people though as nothing significant has been added to WinRAR for years (LZMA please!).
On the other hand, from a security perspective this potentially undermines Authenticity Verification bigtime as with a bit of effort you can no doubt get multiple licenses masquerading as whoever. Well, if the site is up in the first place. :P
mwb1100:
The offer is for Sunday, Central European Time - so it's open now!
jdd:
I have been using 7-Zip which has always been free and Open Source. And I was under the impression it has greater compression ratio than WinRAR, especially with multiple files . Can someone set me straight?
The main features of 7-Zip:
* High compression ratio in new 7z format with LZMA compression
* 7-Zip is free software distributed under the GNU LGPL
* Supported formats:
o Packing / unpacking: 7z, ZIP, GZIP, BZIP2 and TAR
o Unpacking only: RAR, CAB, ISO, ARJ, LZH, CHM, Z, CPIO, RPM, DEB and NSIS
* For ZIP and GZIP formats 7-Zip provides compression ratio that is 2-10 % better than ratio provided by PKZip and WinZip
* Self-extracting capability for 7z format
* Integration with Windows Shell
* Powerful File Manager
* Powerful command line version
* Plugin for FAR Manager
* Localizations for 63 languages
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