I have to agree with most here in saying that it seems to be BS. 20GB to 1.44MB seems a little too good to be true. And if it really works then Winzip would be idiots to only offer a couple of thousand, or maybe they are just stingy b@st@rds.

even after saying that, I would really like to look under the hood since he is putting it up under GPL. Most of the guys who say its not possible might want to wait until there is more news on it before commenting. The normal way of compression might not allow for compression ratios like this. But this might be something totally different and it will allow the kind of ratios mentioned. Also it might only work for certain files. That's why winzip only offered a couple of thousand.

But i still thinks it sounds a little fishy to me.