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From: kadickey@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Kent Andrew Dickey)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: blu
Message-ID: <10743@phoenix.Princeton.EDU>
Date: 7 Oct 89 00:08:46 GMT
References: <8909300944.AA10524@trout.nosc.mil>
Reply-To: kadickey@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Kent Andrew Dickey)
Organization: Princeton University, NJ
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In article <8909300944.AA10524@trout.nosc.mil> lvirden@pro-tcc.UUCP (Larry Virden) writes:
>Network Comment: to #478 by pnet01!pro-tcc!dougs@crash.cts.com
>
>WARNING!  While ShrinkIt for the II, II+ and IIc/e may be free, apparently
>from the rumors that I have hear Andy is discouraged about something and
>now is making GS owners buy Shrinkit for the GS - at $40!  I guess it
>is time for me to go back to porting zoo with enhancements for resource
>files. Sigh.

Don't worry--Andy won't be able to screw you guys over.

I am the author of the compression algorithm used in ShrinkIt.

But you probably don't know that--Andy is pretty sparse with his
credits.  The fact that ShrinkIt is so fast is due entirely to the great
deal of effort (over a year of intermittent hacking) to create a fast,
and efficient compression method.

Well, I have gotten very tired of Andy's handling of this whole affair,
and so I have created code for Andy McFadden to use in his new C version
of ShrinkIt.  His program is written in portable C, so not only will it
compile on the GS, but also on any larger computers you may have access
to.

So don't buy Andy's GS ShrinkIt--we had a verbal agreement that he would
NEVER charge money or release my source to anyone.  Well, he has now
succeeded in doing both.  Sure, he has added a great deal to the program
other than just my algorithm, but he has been dishonest about it the
whole time.

			Kent Dickey
kadickey@phoenix.Princeton.EDU