<s>
ALZip	B-Application
is	O
an	O
archive	B-Application
and	O
compression	B-General_Concept
utility	I-General_Concept
from	O
ESTsoft	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
ALZip	B-Application
is	O
a	O
file	B-General_Concept
compression	I-General_Concept
program	O
that	O
can	O
unzip	B-General_Concept
40	O
different	O
zip	B-General_Concept
file	I-General_Concept
archives	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ALZip	B-Application
can	O
zip	B-General_Concept
files	I-General_Concept
into	O
8	O
different	O
archives	O
such	O
as	O
ZIP	B-General_Concept
,	O
EGG	B-Application
,	O
TAR	O
and	O
others	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
ALZip	B-Application
version	O
8	O
,	O
the	O
newly	O
developed	O
EGG	B-Application
format	I-Application
can	O
be	O
used	O
,	O
which	O
supports	O
Unicode	O
and	O
other	O
features	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Originally	O
ALZip	B-Application
was	O
developed	O
in	O
1999	O
as	O
an	O
internal	O
application	O
at	O
the	O
South	O
Korean	O
software	O
company	O
ESTsoft	O
in	O
response	O
to	O
employee	O
frustration	O
with	O
using	O
the	O
English	O
interface	O
in	O
WinZip	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Korean	O
interface	O
was	O
immediately	O
well	O
received	O
and	O
later	O
that	O
year	O
,	O
ALZip	B-Application
was	O
publicly	O
released	O
as	O
freeware	B-License
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
just	O
over	O
a	O
year	O
,	O
ALZip	B-Application
became	O
the	O
most	O
popular	O
zip	B-General_Concept
program	O
in	O
Korea	O
and	O
by	O
December	O
2001	O
,	O
was	O
the	O
top	O
downloaded	O
software	O
in	O
the	O
country	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
popularity	O
of	O
the	O
software	O
and	O
the	O
ALZ	O
archive	B-Application
format	O
played	O
a	O
large	O
role	O
in	O
earning	O
ESTsoft	O
a	O
place	O
in	O
the	O
Digital	O
Innovation	O
Awards	O
Top	O
100	O
Companies	O
in	O
South	O
Korea	O
with	O
the	O
software	O
taking	O
special	O
mention	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Early	O
in	O
its	O
development	O
ALZip	B-Application
introduced	O
the	O
ALZ	O
file	O
format	O
to	O
deal	O
with	O
file	B-General_Concept
size	I-General_Concept
limitations	O
of	O
the	O
ZIP	B-General_Concept
file	I-General_Concept
format	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
ALZ	O
compression	B-General_Concept
has	O
no	O
theoretical	O
upper	O
limit	O
for	O
file	B-General_Concept
sizes	I-General_Concept
,	O
as	O
they	O
are	O
only	O
limited	O
by	O
operating	B-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
limits	O
or	O
the	O
amount	O
of	O
available	O
storage	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Originally	O
ALZip	B-Application
was	O
released	O
as	O
pure	O
freeware	B-License
,	O
however	O
in	O
October	O
2001	O
changed	O
to	O
free	O
for	O
home	O
use	O
,	O
with	O
government	O
usage	O
requiring	O
a	O
software	B-License
license	I-License
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
the	O
version	O
7	O
release	O
,	O
the	O
license	O
was	O
changed	O
from	O
freeware	B-License
to	O
adware	O
,	O
displaying	O
downloaded	O
banner	O
ads	O
,	O
and	O
finally	O
beginning	O
1	O
December	O
2008	O
,	O
all	O
new	O
releases	O
are	O
shareware	B-License
requiring	O
a	O
paid	O
license	O
except	O
in	O
its	O
original	O
Korean	O
language	O
,	O
which	O
requires	O
no	O
licensing	O
fee	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
version	O
8.51	O
,	O
from	O
22	O
August	O
2012	O
,	O
ALZip	B-Application
changed	O
the	O
license	O
so	O
that	O
it	O
can	O
be	O
licensed	O
free	O
of	O
charge	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
the	O
download	O
page	O
of	O
ALZip	B-Application
is	O
a	O
serial	O
number	O
to	O
copy	O
and	O
paste	O
when	O
you	O
start	O
AlZip	B-Application
,	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
have	O
the	O
license	O
of	O
the	O
software	O
free	O
of	O
charge	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
name	O
"	O
ALZip	B-Application
"	O
was	O
chosen	O
,	O
as	O
the	O
"	O
AL	O
"	O
part	O
is	O
a	O
transliteration	O
from	O
the	O
Korean	O
"	O
aljip	O
"	O
(	O
Hangul	B-Operating_System
:	O
알집	O
)	O
,	O
literally	O
EggZip	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Additionally	O
,	O
ALZip	B-Application
integrates	O
into	O
the	O
"	O
New	O
Folder	O
"	O
function	O
of	O
Windows	B-Protocol
Explorer	I-Protocol
,	O
where	O
new	O
folders	O
are	O
created	O
with	O
the	O
option	O
of	O
using	O
custom	O
icons	O
and	O
names	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2003	O
,	O
there	O
was	O
a	O
controversy	O
over	O
ALZip	B-Application
's	O
own	O
compression	B-General_Concept
file	O
format	O
ALZ	O
,	O
when	O
a	O
developer	O
of	O
another	O
Korean	O
compression	B-General_Concept
utility	I-General_Concept
,	O
"	O
빵집	O
"	O
insisted	O
that	O
ALZip	B-Application
users	O
were	O
forced	O
to	O
use	O
the	O
ALZip	B-Application
archiver	O
when	O
decompressing	O
ALZ	O
files	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
also	O
insisted	O
that	O
ESTsoft	O
does	O
not	O
offer	O
decompression	O
libraries	B-Library
,	O
and	O
third-party	O
archiver	O
developers	O
have	O
used	O
reverse	O
engineering	O
to	O
develop	O
their	O
own	O
algorithms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
and	O
,	O
in	O
ALZip	B-Application
8.0	O
beta	O
version	O
,	O
ESTsoft	O
made	O
some	O
format	O
.	O
</s>
