PKWare and WinZip, companies that have been competitors in the world of the popular Zip file format, have called a truce on the latest versions of their products in hopes of cultivating greater interoperability between the two companies’ file-compression and decryption technologies. Highly used in enterprise communications, the two rivals’ varying flavors of Zip technology were in jeopardy of being overrun by another competitor’s single, open standard. However, in a surprise move this week, both companies announced new products that are interoperable with one another’s.
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PKWare and WinZip Call Truce in Zip Format Wars
Posted by: Jay Lyman January 23, 2004 02:19 PMPKWare and WinZip, companies that have been competitors in the world of the popular Zip file format, have called a truce on the latest versions of their products in hopes of cultivating greater interoperability between the two companies’ file-compression and decryption technologies. Highly used in enterprise communications, the two rivals’ varying flavors of Zip technology were in jeopardy of being overrun by another competitor’s single, open standard. However, in a surprise move this week, both companies announced new products that are interoperable with one another’s.