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From: klaus@diku.dk (Klaus Ole Kristiansen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: StuffIt Deluxe
Message-ID: <1990Jul28.085949.16498@diku.dk>
Date: 28 Jul 90 08:59:49 GMT
Organization: Department Of Computer Science, University Of Copenhagen
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I havegot an upgrade notice for StuffIt. $55 is (to me) a lot of
money, so I would like to know if it is really necessary to
upgrade.

The letter claims that StuffIt Deluxe will be necessary to get
software from the net in the future. Is this lokely to be true?
(I know, makin predictions is tricky, especially predictions
about the future.)

The new StuffIt has new and improved compression methods.
The old StuffIt will of course be unable to uncompress some of
the files compressed by the new one, but can files compressed
by the new StuffIt using the old methods be uncompressed by
the new one? It seems that the new methods will mostly be used
for pictures.

Will there be a freeware or shareware UnDeluxe?

Klaus Kristiansen