Reply to post: Re: Obvious bull

Ghost of DEC Alpha is why Windows is rubbish at file compression

Ken Hagan Gold badge

Re: Obvious bull

"Because you couldn't have possibly included (de)compression code for both algorithms in all versions of the OS"

Right, and if MS had delivered disc compression that meant that discs written on one system would totally suck on performance when plugged into another system, no-one on these forums would have written long rants on how this epitomised MS's cluelessness about "portability".

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