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From: Adam.Frix@p2.f200.n226.z1.FIDONET.ORG (Adam Frix)
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Subject: Re: StuffIt Deluxe
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Date: 1 Sep 90 03:31:58 GMT
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Charles Carlson   writes in a message on 08/29/90 at 05:22:24 ...

CC>  Why should we all have to switch to a commercial program everytime 
CC>  we want to archive something just because everyone has the unstuffer 
CC>  for it?   I for one am COMPLETELY POSITIVELY 100% AGAINST supporting 
CC>  a commercial program to replace the much needed shareware StuffIt 
CC>  program.   You want everyone who will ever submit a program 
CC>  to any one of the  archive sites to have to purchase a commercial 
CC>  program to do that, do you think anyone is going to buy a program 
CC>  just so they can share software with others?  Granted, I'm sure 
CC>  most people, including myself never paid the shareware for StuffIt 
CC>  1.5.1 anyways, but the for the occasional stuffing to send to 
CC>  a site, I don't feel too guilty.     We now have Compactor to 
CC>  replace StuffIt, which is shareware, and is much faster and 
CC>  compresses tighter than StuffIt 1.5.1 so why not switch to that 
CC>  instead?  Compactor also has an Uncompactor that others can 
CC>  use without having to pay a fee for....


well, jeeeeeezus.  Now I've heard it all.  You object to a commercial program,
and favor a shareware program instead?  Are you aware that there is absolutely
NO DIFFERENCE between a commercial product and a shareware product, except for
the distribution methods?!?!?!?!  What you're telling me is, you want something
you can use for free.  Well, bucko, that's too bad.  You can't use StuffIt 1.5.1
 
 or StuffIt Classic 1.6 for free.  You gotta PAY for them.  The fact that you
were allowed to take one home without putting out the money up front doesn't
mean diddly.  You use it, you owe the money.

That's right, I said StuffIt Classic 1.6.  Deluxe isn't the be all and end all
of StuffIt; there's a SHAREWARE version out (or will be soon--Aladdin Systems
is releasing some public betas, so effectively, it's out), which lacks some
bells and whistles but which otherwise performs the same functions as Deluxe.
 So, YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE YOUR HATED COMMERCIALLY DISTRIBUTED ARCHIVER.  
There's
NO NEED for you to go out and buy anything.  Deluxe isn't REPLACING anything,
rather it's ENHANCING the state of archiving.  If you don't want the 
enhancements,
so be it.  You can steal StuffIt Classic 1.6 in the privacy of your own home.

Have fun.

--Adam--
 


 
 

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