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From: leonardr@svc.portal.com (Leonard Rosenthol)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: StuffIt Deluxe
Message-ID: <1990Sep2.185740.2049@svc.portal.com>
Date: 2 Sep 90 18:57:40 GMT
References: <2146@ux.acs.umn.edu> <1990Aug29.204448.23954@svc.portal.com> <5186@spt.entity.com> <1990Aug30.043630.4167@morrow.stanford.edu> <1990Aug31.170355.28215@svc.portal.com> <5224@spt.entity.com>
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In article <5224@spt.entity.com>, mdc@spt.entity.com (Marty Connor) writes:
> In article <1990Aug31.170355.28215@svc.portal.com> leonardr@svc.portal.com (Leonard Rosenthol) writes:
> >Stuffit Classic (1.6) will be, when it ships, the shareware successor
> >to the currentstandard (1.5.1) - AND WILL USE THE SAME FILE FORMAT AS DELUXE!
> 
> I think it is important for people to NOT USE 1.6 *FORMAT* FOR
> UPLOADING TO PUBLIC ARCHIVES until the format is available publicly
> and without restrictions.  This of course means that someone probably
> has to support 1.5.1 files in some other program, since Alladin
> evidently will not support it.
> 
	Both Stuffit Deluxe and Stuffit Classic will allow you to CREATE,
MODIFY, or simply UNSTUFF 1.5.1 archives.  They are not abandoning the format,
since it is the history of the product and at this time is the 'industry
standard' for public archives.  You will always be able to create and work
with 1.5.1 archives, but you will also get better compression methods, and
heirarchical archives at a shareware level - not to mention being able to
work with the Deluxe archives that you might encounter.

> I firmly believe that diverse viewpoints are important, and should be
> heard. 
> 
	I am as much in favor of this discussion as you.  This is a VERY
important issue to the net, and to users at large, and it needs to be 
resolved.  I do think,  however, that there is a difference between trying
to raise issues and being a stubborn goat.  I am listening to everything
you that you say, and am in daily contact with Aladdin discussing what I
see here.  If there is a 'middle-of-the-road' that exists, where we can all
be happy, I hope we can find it.

--
Leonard Rosenthol
Software Ventures Corp.
MicroPhone II Development Team