Re: Self Decrypting Archive Freeware?

From: mike (spamme0_at_netscape.net)
Date: 04/29/05 

Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2005 03:06:12 -0700

Paul Rubin wrote:
> mike <spamme0@netscape.net> writes:
>
>>I'm MUCH more concerned about being able to recover the contents a
>>decade from now. I've got piles of financial spreadsheets created
>>on a program that no longer runs on current operating systems.
>>Let's not do that again.
>
>
> There's no such thing as an executable that runs on every OS past and
> future. You need source code. Keep the decryption source code along
> with the encrypted files.

You're absolutely right...BUT...There are operating systems that can
be booted from a floppy on any known PC and should run a self-extracting
archive from that same floppy. Can't do that with a Windows program.

Let's not make this more complicated than it has to be.
mike 

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