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- From: sefhelp@tamuts.tamu.edu (Steve Fuller)
- Subject: Re: RE-Compression Software
- Message-ID: <1992Sep3.061734.23043@tamsun.tamu.edu>
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- Organization: Texas A&M University, College Station
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- Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1992 06:17:34 GMT
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- In article <pxknqv#.strnlght@netcom.com> strnlght@netcom.com (David Sternlight) writes:
- >
- >Jerry Wilcox says he's going to recommend DD/AD because he has good
- >experience with that product. That is, of course, his right, but when
- >he says there have been "various notes" from folks who don't think
- >Stuffit Deluxe/Stuffit Space Saver is a better product, I have to say
- >that my understanding of the facts is different.
-
- You understanding must be somewhat flawed. :) There HAVE been several notes
- from several different people reporting bugs/problems with SD/SS.
- >
- >I've been using the released product for a few weeks now, and
- >have had no problems with SD/SSS. I tried one case where I booted
-
- None? How Remarkable! I have had lots of problems until I got the SD 3.0.2
- updater from sumex. The problems/bugs I had are now gone.
- >
- >Thus I conclude that the one user whose message reported problems
- >was using the product improperly--he had SSS files on one machine
- >and tried to read them on a second machine which did not have
- >SSS or SD (comparable version) installed.
-
- Bzzzt. Thanks for playing. You conclusion is incorrect. SD 3.0.1 and SS 1.0
- had problems/bugs. SD 3.0.2 and SS 1.0.1 seem much more stable.
-
- >
- >As for complaints, anyone who has been following the history of AD/DD
- >will recall many tens of complaints and long threads on Compuserve as
- >the product went through one upgrade after another. It has been
- >upgraded yet again. This is not necessarily an unmitigated bad
- >thing--some say the frequent upgrades show the vendor's responsiveness
- >to bug reports. Fair enough. Nevertheless from what I've seen the
- >number of bug reports to date (proven or not) about SD/SSS is
- >microscopic compared to those of AD/DD in the past, at a comparable
- >stage of development.
-
- Agreed. (Although Aladdin has been working on SD3/SS for a LONG time....)
-
- >SD/SSS. If speed is important, I find AD/DD much slower. On the basis
- >of features and convenience I find SD/SSS head and shoulders above
- >AD/DD. My own choice is SD/SSS, which I recommend unhesitatingly, after
- >having used both products.
-
- Only having tried SS, this is good news.
-
-
- To all the people trying to avoid the 'bleeding'-edge of technology:
-
- StuffIt Deluxe 3.0.2 and StuffIt SpaceSaver 1.0.1 now seem stable.
-
- Steve Fuller
- sef3179@tamsun.tamu.edu
-