On Thu, 27 Apr 2000, Bill Ries-Knight wrote:
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->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
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->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.
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*** Sh.. man, what a shame! Such a successful product and he dies so young
and without anybody givin' a damn. Makes me depressive: I got 35 on April
14th...
Cheers!
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