Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!apple!anderson From: anderson@Apple.COM (Clark Anderson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc Subject: Re: StuffIt Deluxe Message-ID: <44411@apple.Apple.COM> Date: 30 Aug 90 05:56:31 GMT References: <1990Aug20.075638.3276@rbdc> <6257@emory.mathcs.emory.edu> <2146@ux.acs.umn.edu> <1990Aug29.204448.23954@svc.portal.com> <5186@spt.entity.com> Organization: Apple Computer Inc, Cupertino, CA Lines: 29 From: mdc@spt.entity.com (Marty Connor): >I strongly favor a BOYCOTT of STUFFIT DELUXE[TM] for the purposes of >distributing software until such time as their format is public >domain, and it has at least been decided that it can be implemented >efficiently on other platforms... >...Let's keep using a format that is known and usable, and send a message >to Ray and Company that this game of getting people hooked and then >charging them is NOT ACCEPTABLE for the distribution of software in >public forums... >Marty Connor, Marty's Computer Workshop, "Specializing in Macintosh Training" Many things came to mind when I read this mesage. I will share this: Marty, perhaps a more productive solution would be for you to sit down with a compiler and write a better software package than Ray's. You would then be free to distribute the software, source code or file formats in any way you wished. It would solve the problem, and you'd have contributed a better tool to the Macintosh community. Just my humble opinion. --clark -- ----------------------------------------------------------- Clark Anderson InterNet: anderson@apple.com PCB Software Tools AppleLink: C.ANDERSON Apple Computer, Inc BellNet: 408-974-4593 "I speak only for myself, much to my employer's relief..." -----------------------------------------------------------