The article kind of glosses over the battle with System Enhancement Associates. As a sysop (long time since I used that word), ARC was extremely popular. Then PKarc came out and it generated files that were more compact but kept the extension .ARC. SEA's product couldn't unpack those. So their product got the reputation as the one that didn't work.
The lawsuit was extremely unpopular given that they were both shareware products and the older, more established company was suing the company with a better product.
It wasn't clear now or then what else SEA could have done.
The lawsuit was extremely unpopular given that they were both shareware products and the older, more established company was suing the company with a better product.
It wasn't clear now or then what else SEA could have done.