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Thomas Seck writes:
> Am I the only one who thinks that some people are on a "kill the GNU,
> kill it now, no matter the cost" trip again?

I don't think its quite that extreme :-).

> I can see no benefit in switching to bzip2 other than eliminating GPL'ed
> software. No, I do not think disk space is an issue nowadays.

I'm with you. BZIP2 is MUCH slower than GZIP, for a relatively small
gain in space.

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