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Jim Hall is an open source software advocate and developer, best known for usability testing in GNOME and as the founder + project coordinator of FreeDOS. At work, Jim is CEO of Hallmentum, an IT executive consulting company that provides hands-on IT Leadership training, workshops, and coaching.
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Zip is an open standard, and *.zip files are also supported on Linux (and Windows). The *.zip files you create on FreeDOS can be opened on those other platforms, too. And vice versa.
If you liked this article and you're new to C programming, you might be interested in the "C programming" YouTube series I recorded last year. You can find it on the FreeDOS website under "books" as "Writing FreeDOS programs in C":
https://www.freedos.org/books/cprogramming/
And if you're already experienced in C programming, you might like to see this video demonstrating several common programming bugs:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUM_AJ8VEl0