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From: c3ar@zaphod.uchicago.edu (Walter C3arlip)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: StuffIt in the trash!
Message-ID: <1990Sep14.214853.3622@midway.uchicago.edu>
Date: 14 Sep 90 21:48:53 GMT
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In article <2829@bridge2.ESD.3Com.COM> ngg@bridge2.ESD.3Com.COM (Norman Goodger) writes:
>
>	The propriatary format of Deluxe Archives does not seem that big
>	a deal. If Alladin is willing to license the format to those
>	wishing to develop decompression utilities for other platforms,
>	I see nothing wrong with that either. Seems like good old
>	fashion capitolism to me... Course there are always going to
>	be those that want something good for nothing. 
>	   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>-- 
>Norm Goodger				SysOp - MacInfo BBS @415-795-8862

Yes, but as an archive keeper I *provide* something good for nothing!
Hence, I object to someone else making a profit off of *my* work.  I
firmly believe that public archives on usenet/internet should stick with
compression algorithms that are in the public domain.

--Walter


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