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From: Adam.Frix@p2.f200.n226.z1.FIDONET.ORG (Adam Frix)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Stuffit Deluxe: Off on the wrong foot
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Date: 6 Oct 90 05:33:55 GMT
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Rich Holmes writes in a message on 02 Oct 90 to All:

RH>  I just received my upgrade copy of Stuffit Deluxe.  How quaint! 
RH>   An installer program.  Shades of the IBM PC!  (Haven't these 
RH>  people ever heard of click and drag?  I kinda like to know what 
RH>  files are being put where on my hard disk.)...


The complete StuffIt Deluxe package is some 1300K.  Won't fit on one 800K disk.
 So, they Stuff it.  OK....now how to UnStuff it to get it on your hard drive?
 Well, they came up with an auto unstuffing shell, which they call their Installation
technologies.

Otherwise, they'd have to send 2 800K disks, which costs more...

--Adam--

(of course, if their installer doesn't work, it costs them more in bad publicity...)
 

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