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I guess this is the reason: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20180515-00/?p=98755 https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20180515-00/?p=98... > S

by jraph 8y ago

I guess this is the reason: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20180515-00/?p=98755 https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20180515-00/?p=98... > Since its release in Windows XP, Zip folders has not been actively developed. The reason is the usual: Because adding features requires engineering resources, and engineering resources are limited. Furthermore, since the compression and decompression code weren’t written by anybody from Microsoft, there is no expertise in the code base, which means that debugging and making changes is a very difficult undertaking.

code_duck 8y ago
“Because adding features requires engineering resources, and engineering resources are limited.“ seems to translate to ‘because we really don’t care’. It’s not as if Microsoft is strapped for cash.
- metildaa 8y ago
  At least they haven't purged it, if this were Google then there would be no ZIP support in newer OS versions. They even killed ChromeOS ans Chorme updates for a bunch of 3 to 4 year old Chromebooks recently, despite the hardware being fine to run newer ChromeOS.