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- From: millernw@craft.camp.clarkson.edu (Neal Miller)
- Subject: Re: Opinions on Stacker
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- Date: Mon, 7 Sep 1992 01:02:59 GMT
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- Gordon.Edwards@AtlantaGA.NCR.COM (Gordon Edwards) writes:
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- >What are people's opinions on Stacker?
-
- >Are there many horror stories or is it generally pretty stable software?
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- >Any comments appreciated.
- >Please post, I'm sure others are interested.
-
-
- Well, if you don't mind mashing each and every file on your drive
- into a single file by using an irreversible compression process with no
- "uninstall" feature, PLUS not knowing quite how much space you have left on
- your hard drive at any given time, hey, it's fine! But I wouldn't put it
- on *my* system. I suppose if you have a tape backup for emergencies, it's
- ok. It won't save you as much space, but try PKLITE. It only works on
- some .EXE and .COM files, but it's 100% reversible if something goes wrong.
-
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