RV: In Memorium of Phil Katz of pkzip

[Manuel Antonio Camacho Quesada]

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> De: Bill Ries-Knight [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Enviado el: Jueves, 27 de Abril de 2000 11:52 p.m.
> Para: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; SEUL Education; Henry White
> Asunto: fwd: In Memorium of Phil Katz of pkzip
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> CNET | Digital Dispatch 
> DNA Computing, Guide to Start Pages, ICQ 2000a Arrives
> April 27, 2000
> Vol. 6, No. 17
> 
> News of Phil Katz's death was just made public earlier this
> week. You may never have heard of Phil Katz, but chances
> are,
> you've used the product he's known for. Back in 1986, Katz
> developed a file format--which he called "ZIP"--that allowed
> files to be compressed to a fraction of their original size
> and
> later restored, unscathed, to their previous state. He
> designed
> a simple but effective program to do this and named it
> PKZip,
> using his own initials (and ensuring for himself some degree
> of
> immortality in the process). The program was a massive
> shareware
> hit, and ZIP quickly became the industry standard
> compression
> format. More dreamy innovator than businessman, Katz was
> never
> able to fully capitalize on his ubiquitous creation, and
> when he
> died on April 14 of complications from alcoholism at the age
> of
> 37, his passing was largely ignored. But his legacy lives
> on.
> Nowadays, most files downloaded from the Internet bear the
> suffix .zip. In fact, this week we're featuring a showdown
> between the latest versions of WinZip and Netzip, the best
> known
> of today's ZIP utilities. Phil, this one's for you.
> 
> --Steve Fox, Editor, CNET Online
> 
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