hairston@henry.ece.cmu.edu (David Hairston) (11/13/90)
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
in these sort of things is a compact utility that will:
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)
e) not use a proprietary format (don't care if its commercial as long as
the price stays reasonable, hmmm ...)
f) creates self-unpacking archives.
any beasts like this on the horizon (stuffit 1.5.1 was near perfection)?
-dave-
hairston@henry.ece.cmu.edujohnston@oscar.ccm.udel.edu (11/13/90)
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)
trottiers@yvax.byu.edu (11/14/90)
DH> periodically i make space on my hard drive and during this sweep i DH> decided to trash Stuffit Classic 1.6. will i miss it? my preference in DH> these sort of things is a compact utility that will: a) manipulate DH> binhex (binhqx da is good example of this) b) manipulate packit and DH> stuffit formats (ala stuffit 1.5.1) c) create dense archives DH> (compactor, disk doubler and diamond do this well) d) stay reasonably DH> small (i.e. ~125k application size) e) not use a proprietary format DH> (don't care if its commercial as long as DH> the price stays reasonable, hmmm ...) f) creates self-unpacking DH> archives. DH> DH> any beasts like this on the horizon (stuffit 1.5.1 was near DH> perfection)? Compactor does all you mention except the binhex function. But with BinHex DA I don't mind that. Compactor is still my compression utility of preference. The only reason I even keep StuffIt around is because some people still seem to want uploads in that format. ********************************************************** * Steve Trottier * AOL: STrottier * * Internet: * Sysop, Mainly Macintosh BBS * * trottiers@yvax.byu.edu * (801) 374-5438 * **********************************************************