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In <1992Apr7.211742.21905@eff.org> hshubs@eff.org (Howard Shubs) writes:

>In article <1992Apr7.185649.4991@cs.dal.ca> franklin@ug.cs.dal.ca (Steve Franklin) writes:

>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.
   Just how many formats would you ideally like to see on your Mac? I
would like to see just ONE. I do not place my head in the sand as you
suggest. I seek productivity from my mac, and do not enjoy
shuffling various compressors just to keep up with the pace of the net. 
Clearly I have better things to spend my time on... 
   Alladin should be glad that their format is one of the standards on
the net, and not attempt to modify the algorithm repeatedly outdating
any supporting software that has been created to compliment Stuffit.
As well, with the move to commercial software for the archiving features of
Stuffit, I must say that I would rather not support their format any
longer. Now, of course nobody is forcing me to archive with their software,
but I am required to use it to acquire software from the net. Compact pro
has used the same algorithm for years, yet it still seems faster and
tighter than any Stuffit Deluxe standard compression...

>Flexibility is to be respected, OTOH.
   Oh yes - flexibility means having 3 megs of compression and
expansion utilities on your hard drive? THAT is progress now
isn't it... 

>>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?

An algorithm is not an application - it's an algorithm. Do you understand
the difference? I am wondering if the compression scheme of Compact Pro
is available to the general public, so that it can be used by various
applications such as Downline and the likes... I'd still be
interested in knowing this... 

   steve
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