Re: TO COMPRESS OR NOT TO CMPRS (please reply)

Dennis Glatting <dennis.glatting@plaintalk.bellevue.wa.us> Wed, 19 February 1997 21:35 UTC

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From: Dennis Glatting <dennis.glatting@plaintalk.bellevue.wa.us>
Date: Wed, 19 Feb 1997 13:12:59 -0800
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Subject: Re: TO COMPRESS OR NOT TO CMPRS (please reply)
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The yes-compress/no-compression discussion is akin to
comparing Pepsi and Coke. Let's put a framework in place and
make it optional and negotiated. Let empirical data determine
its usefulness.


-dpg