Winrar vs. Winzip


Why does Winzip remain more popular than Winrar considering the
following facts:
Winrar 3.71 is a 1.15mb download; Winzip 11.0 is 7.3mb.
I get much better compression from the lowest setting in
Winrar(fastest) than I do with Winzip set to best.

In fact, Winrar beats my favorite crypto software Kremlin.
"Note: The implementation of RC4 in Kremlin 2.21 and earlier contains
bugs. These bugs are fixed in Kremlin 3.0. "
Really!? That's nice to hear.
And how do I know Kremlin 3.0 does _not_ contain any
more bugs?
Why does 'secure delete' still come up eventhough I
unchecked it in options?
Why does it merge all selected files into one file, and names as last
selected file name?
does NOT create self-extracting exe file as many others do.
Why is the encrypted file 3x bigger than one created with Winrar if
compression is used?

Winrar encrypts, deletes files, and has exe option. In fact, I see no
advantage of any encryption or compression program over Winrar at all.
[PGP? ok, but it's not 1.15mb]

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