>Sure it does! It makes the company that makes Stuffit >more money. :P
If you mean Aladdin, it's not true, they offer a free upgrade to Stuffit Deluxe 6 from any previous version. I know, a buddy of mine found an ancient copy of Stuffit 2.0 and managed to get a free upgrade to 6.0 for Mac OS X. >That's why I stick with archive formats like ZIP and >RAR. ZIP hasn't changed in umpteen years but that >means it's a stable format. RAR has been improved >upon several times but not to the point that it's >not backwards compatable. RAR is not entirely backwards compatible, well the software will uncompress old archive but the archives don't work on old software. Zip is fine if you like PCs. Unfortunately neither format preserves resource forks and so is naff all good for transporting Mac files outside the standard cross-platform formats. >Since SIT is controlled >by one company, they can twiddle with and obsolete >it any time they want. They could have put an option >into Stuffit 5 to make version 4 archives but they >chose not to. That way when one person upgrades, >anyone they send SIT archives to would also have >to upgrade. It works fine for me. -- -- Mark Benson Any spelling errors are attributed to PEBKAC SilValleyPirate - AIM silicon_valley_pirate_uk - Yahoo! Visit Flat Pack Macs Online: <http://fpm.gotdns.com> Macintosh LC Central -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Vintage Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml> The FAQ: <http://macfaq.org/> Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/vintage.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
