ghoti@killer.UUCP (11/09/87)
Just a note to let everyone know my opinion of the Stuffit debate (I figured
since everyone else was commenting, so should I).
I like the idea of a new BETTER packing/compressing utility. I also realize
it is currently in development. But, I think we should wait until there is a
stable version out there. I too have had problems with Stuffit, but recently
got Stuffit 1.2, and it seems to work better.
As far as it being shareware, you only have to pay for it if you use it for
packing a file, not if you merely use it for unpacking.
I think we should give it a chance, not just throw it off to the side since we
have used the other things for so long. I personally think Stuffit is a much
better utility than Packit. It is faster, compresses better (at least in
all the times I have tested it), and is even faster unpacking Packit III
files.
Give Stuffit a chance...you sure wouldn't want people shunning a product you
had written just because there is already a standard...
- Ghoti (That's GH as in lauGH,
O as in wOmen,
TI as in moTIon.....or "fish")