Who created ZIP compress file



One programmer created a file format in 1989.

Today, billions of people use it without even thinking about it.

Meet Phil Katz

> American software developer.
> Founded PKWARE in the 1980s.
> Wanted a faster and more efficient way to compress files.
> Released the ZIP format in 1989.
> Built around a simple idea:
> store the same data using fewer bits.
> Made files smaller.
> Made transfers faster.
> Made software distribution easier.
> ZIP quickly became the standard for sharing files.
> Windows adopted it.
> macOS adopted it.
> Linux adopted it.
> Decades later, almost every operating system can open ZIP files natively.
> Most people use ZIP every week.
> Few know who created it.
> The format survived floppy disks.
> Survived CDs.
> Survived DVDs.
> Survived cloud storage.
> Survived the internet itself changing around it.
> More than 35 years later, ZIP is still everywhere.

Some software becomes obsolete.
ZIP became invisible.

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