OSX Zip files not readable by PC

The brilliant Compress feature isn't working on the other end - won't work on PCs - or possibly these PC users are just idiots. LOL
At firs they said they could not open it - now, they are telling me -
"After downloading the file and then extracting the file, I get an empty folder called, "_MACOSC""
The zip file opens perfectly here. So is the OSX Compress feature useless for going to other platforms? Should I just use Stuffit or something else so it can be simple enough for PC guys to be able to use?

Sorry fore the delay in getting back... holidays and all.
Are you sure you are mailing attachments with the "Windows Friendly Attachments" checked?
They would have been uploaded/downloaded through Google docs as a Zip file. Regardless, AFAIK Zip should be universal and not needing a "windows" box, but will keep an eye on that in future uses of OSX Mail. Thanks!

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To follow up, I have some good news. After following your advice Kappy, it now works very well Thanks! Instead of using the 4 GIG volume for the OS, I am now using an 8 GIG partition on an 80 GIG drive. So now the OS has some room to operate. No disk errors occured on my first DVD
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