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From: leonardr@svc.portal.com (Leonard Rosenthol)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: StuffIt Deluxe
Message-ID: <1990Aug31.170355.28215@svc.portal.com>
Date: 31 Aug 90 17:03:55 GMT
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In article <1990Aug30.043630.4167@morrow.stanford.edu>,
dane@pangea.Stanford.EDU (Dane Spearing) writes:
> 
> (2) StuffIt Deluxe can decode and *encode* files in the StuffIt Classic
>     format, which is already public domain.  Thus, anyone buying StuffIt
>     Deluxe will still be able to uncompress and compress files in the
>     old format to be uploaded to archives.
> 
	I want to step in a correct a misconception that seems to be floating
around and that is what is the difference between Stuffit Deluxe, Stuffit
Classic and Stuffit 1.5.1.  Deluxe, as is pretty obvious, is the new Commercial
incarnation of Stuffit which is begin billed as the "personal archiving tool"
which just happens to be related to the public archive standard.  Stuffit
Classic (1.6) will be, when it ships, the shareware successor to the current
standard (1.5.1) - AND WILL USE THE SAME FILE FORMAT AS DELUXE!

> (4) People seem to be overlooking the fact that StuffIt Deluxe also comes
>     with a freely distributable product called "UnStuffIt Deluxe" which
>     can (obviously) unstuff the new files.  (The only thing I think I would
>     like to see Alladin do is distribute this on the net - they've already
>     authorized free distribution by people that have purchased StuffIt
>     Deluxe).
> 
	I have sent a copy off to the moderators of c.b.m and we shall see
when it arrives...

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