There are SO many super free software programs out there. I am amazed that some of them are free, because they are so good, like OpenOffice, Gimp, Irfanview, Comodo, and others. But for years, file compression software is NOT free. WinZip has held the line at #1, for some od reason– because it is not free! And after the evaluation period, there’s a nag screen that never goes away! I don’t think WinZip is so hot that I need to pay $40 for it…. I mean, file compression?! Who uses that stuff every day?

Then there was WinRAR. I downloaded it free on a computer a couple of years ago. But it looks like WinRAR is no longer free (and I found it hard to use). :-p This is simple file compression software we’re talking about. I could never understand why the amazing stuff like OpenOffice or ? was free, and WinZIp and WinRAR were not.

Ah! But I have JUST discovered some FREE file compression software! Donwload.com featured it– it’s 7-zip. It’s very, very basic– no bells and whistles here. But it work with all Windows operating systems, and it’s free! I don’t need fancy fil compression siftware program– just something simple that does the job when I have a job to be done. It’s free, it’s good. Check it out if you want.

Tags: file compression, WinZip