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Known for. Co-creator of Zip file format. PKZIP. Phillip Walter Katz (November 3, 1962 – April 14, 2000) was a computer programmer best known as the co-creator of the ZIP file format for data compression, and the author of PKZIP, a program for creating zip files that ran under DOS.
May 21, 2000 · Phil Katz was a genius who invented a way to compress data and founded PKWare Inc, a software company. But he also became an alcoholic and a transient, estranged from his family and his business, and died in a Milwaukee hotel in 2000.
Jun 19, 2000 · MILWAUKEE -- To his fans, Phillip W. Katz was a folk hero of the computer culture, a pioneer who set the standard for file compression, or "zipping." Employees at his company, PKWare Inc.,...
Sep 24, 2022 · Learn about the history of PKZip, the first widely used file compression program, and the tragic end of its inventor, Phil Katz. Watch a video by Dave's Garage and read related articles on computer history and culture.
Apr 23, 2000 · Phillip W. Katz, Creator Of PKZIP, Dead At 37 263. Posted by Roblimo on Sunday April 23, 2000 @01:09AM from the another-tragedy dept. Danborg writes "ABCNEWS has the story. Evidently Mr. Katz died of complications from chronic alcoholism. A sad end to a true pioneer in the field of data compression.
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May 2, 2000 · May 02, 2000 2 mins. Computer compression software inventor Phillip W. Katz, 37, has died from complications of an illness. In 1986, Katz invented the popular PKZip file compression program,...
PKZIP was first introduced for MS-DOS on the IBM-PC compatible platform in 1989. Since then versions have been released for a number of other architectures and operating systems. PKZIP was originally written by Phil Katz and marketed by his company PKWARE, Inc starting in 1986. The company bears his initials: "PK".
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