Re: sit files - what to use to decompress for free?

In article <190920051330543446%someone@xxxxxxxxxxx>, justin
<someone@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> > In article <160920051255545622%anybody@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Anybody
> > <anybody@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >
> > > _All_ current distribution packages for unix and the like can be
> > > handled natively within OS X.
> >
> > Wrong.
> >
> > .sit and .sitx can't be handled for a start - and some things ARE
> > distributed as StuffIt archives whether anyone else likes it or not.
>
> .sit is Unix compression format? Since when?
>
> I'm sure someone will try to find a sorry argument why .sit/x is
> better, still needed or necessary, but the facts remain:
>
> 1. .sit/x is not Unix compression format, Apple never used third-party
> software to distribute its packages.
>
> 2. X is Unix-like OS which uses Unix type file structure and Unix type
> compression (.sit was adopted when Apple used classic OS fork-data file
> structure)
>
> 3. OS X can natively handle all Apple/OS X distribution formats and
> create archives and decompress user data files in .zip or .dmg format.
>
>
> Conclusion:
>
> .sit/x is obsolete.

Conclusion:

Brains ARE missing from all the StuffIt whiners. :-\
.