Re: C# Zip

From: Odi [Xceed] (KosmatosO_at_xceedsoft.com)
Date: 08/27/03 

Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2003 16:27:57 -0400

Hi,

We're not selling vaporware, Pete. The features are already
implemented, tested, and ready to use today.

Its easy to say something is expensive until you realize how much time
you spend trying to DIY. Xceed caters to developers that want
reliable, tested code that is well documented... so they can save
their time. After all, time is money. That's what the value of the
product is.

With Xceed Zip for .NET, you'll get complete documentation, lots of
samples, free tech support (try calling up the makers of the alternate
solution you talk of and see if they'll stop what they are doing to
help you until your problem is fixed), a web site with a knowledge
base, online forums dedicated to the product, new versions and updates
on a regular basis, and of couse, dozens upon dozens of features that
only we do and nobody else does... not to mention the fact that these
days we include all our other non-visual components and libraries in
the price of the component as well...

That's why we are developing an FTP library for .NET (plenty of free
solutions for that... How many actually work well and are full
featured?) and also why we made a Grid for .NET (why not just use the
included datagrid with Visual Studio .NET?!)

Take care,
Odi

On Wed, 27 Aug 2003 00:14:08 +0100, "Pete" <pvidler@gawab.com> wrote:

>Hi,
>
>AlexL [Xceed] wrote:
>> If you're looking for a full-featured one, please check out Xceed Zip
>> for .NET:
>>
>> http://www.xceedsoft.com/products/zipnet
>
>That's pretty damn expensive for a component that only does zip based
>compression. The sharpziplib link posted before does other formats too and
>is open source (extra features probably wouldn't be that difficult to
>add/request -- someone on the team might even add them for you for less than
>that xceed thing costs).
>
>Pete
> 

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