I read that earlier and felt the same way. Only I just hit the big 40.
Bret
Zoki wrote:
> On Thu, 27 Apr 2000, Bill Ries-Knight wrote:
>
> <snip>
>
> ->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
>
> <snip>
>
> ->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.
>
> <snip>
>
> *** 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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