Subj : Re: Names
To   : Daryl Stout
From : Kurt Weiske
Date : Thu May 27 2021 06:47:00

-=> Daryl Stout wrote to Mike Powell <=-

 MP> You might remember this, but Phil's ZIP predecessor was actually called
 MP> PKARC/PKxARC.  SEA called him on it, so he switched briefly to
 MP> PKPAK/PKunPAK (which still produced, and opened, only ARC packets),
 MP> before coming out with PKZIP/PKunZIP.

 DS>   I had wondered if there was any relation.

The last installment of Jason Scott's "BBS Documentary" has an interview 
with the author of PKARC, talking about the issues with PKZIP. It's a shame 
Phil Katz passed away, it'd be interesting to hear both sides of the story.



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