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From: CXT105@psuvm.psu.edu (Christopher Tate)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: StuffIt Deluxe
Message-ID: <90241.105126CXT105@psuvm.psu.edu>
Date: 29 Aug 90 14:51:26 GMT
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In article <1990Aug29.052224.24927@ccu.umanitoba.ca>, umcarls9@ccu.umanitoba.ca
(Charles Carlson) says:

>Having to use a commercial archiver to distribute public domain and
>shareware software is nuts!  Can you imagine the uproar in the PC world
>if PKZIP went commercial???
>
>Charles

Funny you should bring that up, since last I heard, the author of PKzip was
working on a Mac version.  I've seen the working archive header specs for the
existing version for the PC, and it is set up to recognize not only PC
archives, but also Mac, Vax/VMS, and several other machine types.

From all I've heard, PKzip is significantly faster and more efficient than
any other archive utility.  Add to this the bonus that it's already well
established in the PC world, and may therefore provide a means of porting
files between the Mac and the PC, and you have a compelling reason to switch
over to using PKzip instead of Stuffit or other similar utilities.

The big caveat is, of course, that Mac PKzip hasn't put in an appearance
yet.  Does anyone have more recent news on this?

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