Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!snorkelwacker!husc6!m2c!wpi!macman From: macman@wpi.WPI.EDU (Chris Silverberg) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc Subject: Re: StuffIt in the trash! Message-ID: <15799@wpi.WPI.EDU> Date: 20 Sep 90 15:23:30 GMT References: <6288@spt.entity.com> <24486@dartvax.Dartmouth.EDU> Organization: Worcester Polytechnic Institute Lines: 25 In article barnett@crdgw1.ge.com writes: >And yes, I install Stuffit/binhex files onto a AppleShare server without >using a Mac. I don't want bulletin boards to use proprietary formats. Probably too late for that... As a BBS operator myself, most sysops seem to be adopting new standards or multiple standards. Alot of sysops have taken advantage of Sit-to-Cpt to convert their Stuffit libraries to Compactor libraries. Others have used DeluxeConv to convert to the new versions of Stuffit. And even some BBS's have opted to use DiskDoubler as a standard. A majority of opposition to the new compressions are coming from Mac users who also love unix, and occasionally find an unsit on another platform useful... but as it comes down to making libraries smaller, quicker to transfer, and faster to compress/decompress, sysops are converting their libraries as we speak... =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Chris Silverberg INTERNET: macman@wpi.wpi.edu Worcester Polytechnic Institute Main Street USA 508-832-7725 (sysop) America Online: Silverberg WMUG BBS 508-832-5844 (sysop) "Ask me about TeleFinder... A Macintosh BBS with a Macintosh interface"