Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!rutgers!columbia!cunixc!lih From: lih@cunixc.columbia.edu (Andrew Lih) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: ** Stuffit ** vs Packit Summary: Why does the name make a diff? Keywords: Stuffit, Packit, stupid Message-ID: <323@cunixc.columbia.edu> Date: 17 Dec 87 21:40:51 GMT References: <361@ut-emx.UUCP> Reply-To: lih@cunixc.columbia.edu (Andrew Lih) Organization: Columbia University Incorporated Lines: 19 In article <361@ut-emx.UUCP> jcc@ut-emx.UUCP (Chris Cooley) writes: >...are blind! > >Here at The University of Texas, it has been decided NOT to support >StuffIt on our public domain distribution directory MicroLib. Why? >Because of it's name. Sadly, we'll be using PackIt "...until it >[StuffIt] changes its name." I am tempted to flame someone for this :-) but I will try to give the poster a chance to explain this one... Why is the name Stuffit inappropriate for the MicroLab? ^^^^^^^ Is this conservative Texas mentality? Is it offensive to some racial group? Does it bring back thoughts of lost loves? Why?