OK - so I am four years late - I was busy filing my taxes

I was searching for something when I tripped across this news item.
ABCNEWS.com : PKZip Creator Dies -- April 22, 2000

Katz was they guy that created the Zip format in a flurry of controversy, remembered by old farts like myself, but few others.
The full story is explained in more detail here , here and here.