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From: dave@hpdstma.HP.COM (Dave Waller)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Major problems with StuffIt (1.40a and 1.31)
Message-ID: <440013@hpdstma.HP.COM>
Date: 23 May 88 17:37:44 GMT
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Organization: Hewlett-Packard TCG Tech marketing, Sunnyvale, CA
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StuffIt is a data compression archiver/dearchiver that is used to compress
multiple files into a single archive file. It is used primarily for two
reasons:

1) It logically organizes a set of files into a single archive that can be
uploaded to a BBS or shared with other Mac users.

2) It compresses the data and resource forks (sometimes as much as 50% !!)
reducing the total amount of data that need be uploaded/downloaded from a
BBS. Fewer bytes to transfer mean fewer $$$ when downloading .sit files.

Unfortunately, although the advantages of StuffIt are extensive, it has the
chief disadvantage of making files unusable for those who don't have Stuffit
to decompress the archives.

Dave Waller
Technical Computer Group
Hewlett-Packard Co.
Pacific Technology Park
Sunnyvale, CA
(408) 746-5324
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