Igor Pavlov(Programmer)
Igor Pavlov is a developer, the creator of 7-Zip, a popular free and open-source file archiver, a utility used to place groups of files within compressed containers. It was first released in 1999. The LZMA (Lempel-Ziv-Markov chain-Algorithm) algorithm was designed by Igor Pavlov.
He created his first compression program when there was less use of archive tools. In 2003, when asked about his feelings regarding 7-Zip's popularity, he said, "The LZMA compression algorithm (which is the main method in 7-Zip) has pretty good results among all archivers, if we consider overall ranking by decompression speed/compression ratio. The main competitor for 7-Zip now is WinRAR."
Regarding 7-Zip's future plans, he said that for a time he released the software as shareware, but now he will keep it open-source and free.
References
- A Few Questions for Igor Pavlov: Dr. Dobb's Data Compression Newsletter (middle of page). 30 April 2003.
- LZMA algorithm:
- Official website
- 7-Zip
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