1. Public Domain/Open Source Software Evaluation: 7-Zip Michael Conrad ITEC400-V1WW April 13, 2010

2. Introduction The 7-Zip project Product features Improvements 2

3. The 7-Zip Project Developed in 1999 by Igor Pavlov Primarily under the GNU LGPL license Free to use for everyone Windows operating systems 3

4. Product Features Packing/Unpacking 7z, ZIP, GZIP, BZIP2, and TAR 7z, ZIP, GZIP, BZIP2, and TAR Unpacking only ARJ, CAB, CHM, CPIO, DEB, DMG, HFS, ISO, LZH, LZMA, MSI, NSIS, RAR, RPM, UDF, WIM, XAR, and Z ARJ, CAB, CHM, CPIO, DEB, DMG, HFS, ISO, LZH, LZMA, MSI, NSIS, RAR, RPM, UDF, WIM, XAR, and Z Strong encryption for 7z and ZIP AES-256 AES-256 Self-extraction capability 4

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8. Improvements Update GUI Add multimedia compression Tree structure to browse for files 8

9. Conclusion Very powerful archiving program Essentially meeting goals Could use minor improvements 9

10. References Pavlov, I. (2009). Welcome to the 7-Zip home page! Retrieved April 13, 2010, from http://www.7-zip.org/ http://www.7-zip.org/ 10