Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!uwm.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!mips!apple!portal!sv!leonardr From: leonardr@svc.portal.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc Subject: Re: StuffIt in the trash! Message-ID: <1990Sep23.224714.29839@svc.portal.com> Date: 23 Sep 90 22:47:14 GMT References: <6288@spt.entity.com> <24486@dartvax.Dartmouth.EDU> <15799@wpi.WPI.EDU> Organization: Software Venture Lines: 28 In article <15799@wpi.WPI.EDU> macman@wpi.WPI.EDU (Chris Silverberg) writes: >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. > I have to agree with Chris on this one...At this time all the major services (Compuserve, GEnie, and AOL) have agreed to adopt the new Stuffit Deluxe format as soon as Stuffit Classic 1.6 is released and users will have access to it. GEnie has also approved the distribution of Compactor archives. And as Chris says, individual BBS's will choose to do what they find is best for them - some are going to Deluxe, some to Compactor, some to DD, and some are not bothering to standardize and are excepting them all.... Given the current positions of the different compression vendors, I don't see any of them making for the format public and as such we are going to either live in the past, bow to 'proprietary formats' or play the PC game of 'multiple formats'....It is already happening and our bickering is not doing anything but fanning the flames... Leonard Rosenthol Software Ventures/Aladdin Rep.