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hshubs@eff.org (Howard Shubs) writes:
>>   ANyone can get Unstuffit Deluxe? I've never understood THIS viewpoint. 
>>First of all, downline is a Godly utility which will convert Stuffit
>Sounds to me like you've got more of a complaint with the programmers
>of these lesser utilities than you do with Aladdin.  Myself, I never
>create 1.5.1 archives.  If that means that you can't deal with it,
>that's your problem.  _I_ can deal with almost any archive intended
>for a Macintosh which someone sends my way.  Putting your head in the
>sand and refusing to deal with new superior technology is one of the
>attitudes that I refuse to respect.

Do you use Ethernet?  There are SUPERIOR TECHNOLOGIES, why are you bothering
with it?

Oh, you want to communicate with other people?  How quaint!

Do you post news articles in RFC-1036 format?  There are SUPERIOR MAIL FORMATS,
why are you bothering with it?

Oh, you want to communicate with other people?  How quaint!

>>and although I would prefer Compact Pro, it seems that it has only released
>>it's algorithm to the Public Domain recently? I heard somethign about this,
>Compact Pro is not PD.  It's shareware.  Do you understand the difference?

And the *format* of its archives is a SECRET, meaning that no-one else can
develop other utilities for other environments that understand its format.
(Actually, Compact Pro appears to have been mostly reverse engineered, but
Stuffit 3.0 format is still a deep, dark secret, and will remain so as long
as they can manage it.)

Would you use an archive utility that encrypted your files so that you had
to phone their customer support to get the key?  Apparently so.