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In message <Pine.NEB.3.96L.1031119112108.8405F-100000@fledge.watson.org>, Rober
t Watson writes:

>If your file system is read-only, I wonder if the easier path wouldn't be
>to implement a compression layer for GEOM.

Somebody else talked about this concept recently, but I forgot who and
can't find the email right now...

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