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And downthread from there, that guy's claim of "literally licensed from Info-Zip" is debunked. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39812860 https://news.ycombi
by akx 3y ago
And downthread from there, that guy's claim of "literally licensed from Info-Zip" is debunked. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39812860 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39812860
- Kwpolska 3y agoThe OP did get the original authors wrong, but it's still a third-party implementation, and Dave's only contribution is the integration with Windows Explorer.
- naikrovek 3y agoyeah, davepl is the third party, isn't he? he wrote that software and sold it on the side, and Microsoft reached out to him to purchase it without knowing that he was a Microsoft employee at the time.
- Kwpolska 3y agoThe “debunking” link claims it’s InnerMedia DynaZip. Dave wrote the integration between Explorer and DynaZip in his spare time.
- tredre3 3y ago> The OP did get the original authors wrong, but it's still a third-party implementation, and Dave's only contribution is the integration with Windows Explorer. Jesus Christ, why are people around here always so obtuse? Dave never claimed to have written the decompression routines. Nor does anyone care about that part. He wrote the explorer integration, that was the product: Browsing zip as if they were folders. That's it. That's his claim. And that's the reality. Which zip library he used in the back is an implementation detail and doesn't matter in the least.