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From: Adam.Frix@p2.f200.n226.z1.FIDONET.ORG (Adam Frix)
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Subject: Re: StuffIt Deluxe Installer from Hell!
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Date: 31 Dec 90 01:02:11 GMT
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rich@suhep.bitnet (Rich Holmes) writes in a message on 28 Dec 90:

RH> (BY THE WAY, ALADDIN, WHY DID YOU GIVE THOSE FOLDERS SUCH HELPFUL 
RH> NAMES AS "HELP" OR WHATEVER? DIDN'T YOU EVEN CONSIDER SOMETHING 
RH> LIKE "STUFFIT DELUXE HELP"??) 

Chill out, homeboy.  Aladdin was simply following Apple's guidelines in this
regard.  With System 7, instead of seeing a huge number of help and prefs files
out in the System folder with no organization, we'll have a Help folder and
gobs of Help files in that.  We'll have a Preferences folder with gobs of .prefs
files in _it_.  And so on.  (In fact, those of you with both CESoftware and
Aladdin products, check your Preferences folder.)

Their Installer might not have worked quite right out of the box (I installed
many a StuffIt and saw some problems, but _never_ the nested Folders from Hell),
but Aladdin _does_ seem to know what they're doing.

--Adam--




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