Ah, I apologize, I was not aware at one point there was a "standard"
zip format. I was only aware that the format seems to be fracturing,
and as such I've started avoiding it, where possible.
Justin
On Wednesday, April 20, 2005, at 10:24 AM, Gary (Lists) wrote:
Justin Mattson wrote [4/20/05 9:24 AM]:
Technically speaking there is no zip standard,
one has never been published.
Not correct, Justin.
Phil Katz, the inventor of the .ZIP format, published the format almost
immediately. It was stable, open, and fully published.
In fact, that is how WinZip began. (They now dominate over Katz' own
company, PKWare, makers of PKZip.)
Phil Katz passed away in 2000.
Since then, both companies have, for the first time, independently
altered
their .ZIP format. PKWare published their format changes. WinZip has
not.
This means that compatibility between the two can be a problem, and
complicates Linux/Mac/*nix inter-operability with Windows.
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