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Originally Posted by jusmee
Why force users to download and install 3rd party software, when the operating system has inbuilt ability to handle archive files (if you use the appropriate format) ?
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Well I prefer to be forced to install a 3rd party application to install my firmware versus being forced to run a particular operating system to install the firmware. If you look at the Sony readers they are either .exe (Windows executable) or .dmg (some MacOSX format. Fancy that, a Linux-based device is unable to be updated via Linux, it requires a proprietary operating system...oh the hypocrisy!!!!
If you were required to PURCHASE a 3rd party application...different story. .rar is just a compression algorithm, and just because Windows doesn't support it natively doesn't make it inferior.
Same argument could be asked why people send .doc, need a 3rd party piece of software for that, why not just send .rtf?