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Subject: Re: bye, bye Stuffit 1.6 (in defense of 'StuffIt Classic')
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Date: 12 Nov 90 19:43:42 GMT
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The recent flaming of StuffIt Classic is starting to get ridiculous, IMHO.
What other new software company would update a shareware product 
at the same time that they are introducing a commercial product?

Has anyone PAID to license StuffIt Classic, and been denied a refund
despite their dissatisfaction with this obviously *dreadful* product??
(sarcasm intended)  I doubt it. 

I for one never expected an update to StuffIt 1.5.1 when I paid my shareware 
fee.  I didn't expect *anything* except a cancelled check.  Instead I
was sent a nice letter, a diskette containing an installer for StuffIt 1.5.1
and utilities, a StuffIt Classic installer, and also a Demo version of
Alladin's latest programmers utilities.  ALL of which appear to be
EXCELLENT products, written by a company genuinely tuned in to the needs
of the Mac community.

If you were Ray Lau, how would you feel about the following drivel?

In article <HAIRSTON.90Nov12120021@henry.ece.cmu.edu>, hairston@henry.ece.cmu.edu (David Hairston) writes...

>periodically i make space on my hard drive and during this sweep i
>decided to trash Stuffit Classic 1.6.  will i miss it?  my preference

A better question is:  will Ray Lau and Alladin miss you?  I doubt it.
(If indeed he/they have *heard* of you.)

>in these sort of things is a compact utility that will:

Huh?

>a) manipulate binhex (binhqx da is good example of this)
>b) manipulate packit and stuffit formats (ala stuffit 1.5.1)
>c) create dense archives (compactor, disk doubler and diamond do this well)
>d) stay reasonably small (i.e. ~125k application size)

Refer to demands a, b, c, and f and then THINK for a few minutes.

>e) not use a proprietary format (don't care if its commercial as long as
>    the price stays reasonable, hmmm ...)

What do you mean by 'propriety' format?  Did Bill Goodman have to
pay Alladin or Ray Lay in order to include Un-Stuffing or SittoCpt
capabilities in Compactor?

>f) creates self-unpacking archives.

.... a satisfied StuffIt Classic user ........
Bill Johnston; 38 Chambers St.; Newark, DE 19711; (302)368-1949
(johnston@oscar.ccm.udel.edu)