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From: francis@daisy.uchicago.edu (Francis Stracke)
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Subject: Re: Compactor vs StuffIt(s).
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In article <90318.005914CCC105@psuvm.psu.edu> CCC105@psuvm.psu.edu (James Chu) writes:
>    Did anyone ever notice that Compactor doesn't compress digitized sound fil
>es as well as the StuffIt does?!  Besides that, Compactor compress files moooo
>och better than the StuffIt, even better than the StuffIt Classic, which it
>compress smaller and faster!!  Therefore, Compactor is the best choice for
>compress files for Mac!!

Sounds like a hasty conclusion.  Just because a program is better at what
it does doesn't mean it's the best one to use.  There are social-matrix
questions.  Namely, many people have StuffIt; but where is Compactor?

(This isn't intended as a putdown; I would like to know where to find
it.  Is it PD/shareware/freeware? If not, StuffIt Classic should remain
the standard.)
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