Hi Charles, The fact that I had to do more than just download pkzip 2.5 DOS helped fix the time period. Anchored it in time.
Pkzip 2.5 for Windows was released in 1996. There was discussion at that time of updating the DOS version to handle Win 9x long file names. I got my copy of version 2.5 for DOS in early 1999. Phil died in April of 2000. My understanding was that he had bought out his mother's interest some time before (1997?). I have no information regarding who was running the company by that point. Had I been Phil, I would have wanted to focus on the technologies and let someone else handle the running of PkWare, but that only establishes my own viewpoint. I had a friend who met Phil once, at Fall Comdex in the mid-90s, and described him as a gentle, friendly, talkative fellow with wild eyes, bushy hair, and a beard. He was handing out free copies of his pkzip 2.04g to all who came by. We never had any correspondence, but when I heard he had died I actually wept. I find no problem with characterizing him as being against a GUI interface, but then I didn't know him personally. I'm glad he lived. I'm sorry he died. His life enriched the whole of mankind. ~~ Garry * [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Charles Angelich" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2002 2:36 PM Subject: Re: [SURVPC] Why upload Winzip > Hello Gary - > > At 09:19 AM 10/31/02 -0800, you wrote: > > >Pkzip 2.5 was in fact released while Phil was still alive. > > Probably was but I seem to remember that Phil was against > releasing any Windows version of PKzip. As I remember it > he didn't even want a GUI frontend released. PKzip was > never a one-man application. I think there were three > people on the team then six. After that I do not know. > > From what I read at his demise it seemed his mother was > running the company and had been for some time. > > >I had to submit evidence of ownership to get my licensed upgrade > >from 2.04g to 2.5 for DOS. > > Not clear as to how this document's Phil's involvement? > > > Charles Angelich > > The Ghost in the Machine! > > DOS and W31 Tech website: > http://www.undercoverdesign.com/dosghost/ > > Stories, poems, MP3/MIDI music, and photos website: > http://www.undercoverdesign.com/dosghost/faf/ To unsubscribe from SURVPC send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe SURVPC in the body of the message. Also, trim this footer from any quoted replies. More info can be found at; http://www.softcon.com/archives/SURVPC.html
