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Phil Katz - in Memorium
From: Tony S
Date: 2000 May 02, 4:40 PM
From: Tony S
Date: 2000 May 02, 4:40 PM
For old timers and new ---------------------- PHIL KATZ If you ever downloaded a file, you met Phil Katz. Katz wrote the shareware program PKZip, far and away the most popular file compression program. The program, written as a hobby in 1986, was part of computer technology infrastructure, common as browsers would become. [note: it later became WinZip] Katz was found dead the other day at the age of 37. He apparently lived a troubled life; the Milwaukee medical examiner put the cause of death as complications from chronic alcoholism. He was found in a hotel room holding a bottle of alcohol, and five empty liquor bottles were also found in the room. No commentary here. But his passing, which was under-reported, should be noted. [courtesy of Dan Robenbaum, Windows Magazine Online] ==
