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In article <1991Jan10.042931.26762@silvlis.com> jimb@silvlis.com (Jim Budler) writes:
|> In article <1991Jan9.193732.13640@svc.portal.com> daven@svc.portal.com writes:
|> >In article <1991Jan8.220654.858@spool.cs.wisc.edu> elliott@veronica.cs.wisc.edu (James Elliott) writes:
|> >>My main problem with compactor, at least as I understand the
|> >>situation, is that the archive format is "proprietary". Too many
|> [...]
|> >Actually, StuffIt Deluxe falls between an open format and a closed one.
|> >The Aladdin people will disclose the format to anyone they feel has
|> >good reason to know. With the MAUG group on CompuServe they have placed
|> >this information in escrow. The Aladdin people have also disclosed their
|> >viewer, translator, and optimizer technology to various entities as well.
|> >
|> >Compactor's author has steadfastly refused to devulge a iota of informa-
|> >tion.
|> 

	If I'm not mistaken, the disk cataloging program FileList 1.4
	recognizes compactor files.  So the compactor format is not totally
	"proprietary" (i.e. other programs know about the format).

	=Mike
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