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I apologize for re-entering this issue, but since I have been out of town, I
felt that it was appropriate for an "official" responce.

One of the longest standing complaints about StuffIt (Lite/Deluxe, etc.) is
that it is MUCH larger disk and RAM footprint than Compact Pro, and that
some don't see what they gain for that extra overhead.

Well, let me see if I can explain what you get...

1) More features.  StuffIt 3.0 offers a number of features that CP does not
and that many of our users find important and in some cases "unlivable without".
Some of these features include the ability to open multiple archives at the
same time, copy & move files within and between archives, create exportable
encrypted archives (and SEA's), adding files based on "match criteria". Also
in Deluxe you get the ability to view the contents of files w/o expanding them
first (and using another application).

2) Support of Apple Technology.  StuffIt 3.0 was the first shipping application
to take advantage of Apple technology including Apple events/AppleScript, 
WorldScript, Easy Open, and more.  We have also been demonstrating support
for OCE since last May.  You can bet that as Apple releases new things, we'l
be there with proper support.

3) Multi-format support.  Whereas CP only support it's own formats, BinHex
(though not fully to spec) and StuffIt 1.5.1, StuffIt Lite also supports
StuffIt 2.0 & 3.0 formats, MacBinary, Disk Doubler, PackIt, and AppleLink
Package files.  StuffIt Deluxe adds the ability to handle PC formats such as
ARC & ZIP, as well as common Unix formats like Compres, Tar, UUCode, etc.  To
quote MacUser, "If StuffIt Deluxe can't expand it, it probably isn't worth
having."

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Onto a different, though related subject, someone else commented that because
of all our recent updates that StuffIt is not stable - that is FAR from the
truth.  Sure we fixed bugs, but let me give y'all some ideas as to why there
were each version.

StuffIt Lite 3.0 - first release
StuffIt 3.0.1 - bug fixes and initial Deluxe release
StuffIt 3.0.2 - minor fixes to coincide with SpaceSaver 1.0.1 update
StuffIt 3.0.3 - MANY new features, plus support for WorldScript
StuffIt 3.0.4 - fixes (and support for) Easy Open


I agree that we've had a few too many updates in a very short period of time,
and you will (hopefully ;) not see any new minor ones for a while.  However, 
we felt that the work we have/had done in order to improve your usage of our
products was worth the time to produce and make the updates available.

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Leonard Rosenthol			Internet: 	leonardr@netcom.com
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