Re: [WinMac] Stuffit 5.0

Leonard Rosenthol(leonardr[at]Adobe.COM)
Thu, 31 Dec 1998 14:44:46 -0400

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>> StuffIt 5.0 uses a new archive format that can't be expanded by older
>>versions of StuffIt Expander - so if the person doesn't have Expander 5.0,
>>they can't expand the new archives you are creating. Just have them update.
>
>
>Due to the complete lack of intelligence by Aladdin on this upgrade, many
>people have not upgraded to Deluxe 5.0 yet.
>
And where are you getting those numbers?? Upgrades for Deluxe 5 are
actually coming along at a good clip - or so I'm told.

>The company put out Deluxe
>before Expander, which is really strange since Expander is used more
>often than Deluxe for decoding downloads. You may just want to wait until
>everybody _can_ upgrade before encoding in v5.0 format.
>
Bzzt!! Expander 5 shipped the same day that Deluxe did - and both
are/were available electronically.

Leonard

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