i know you're trying to be smart or whatever, but WinRar has been proven to be the best archiving program out there.
from
http://www.donationcoder.com/Reviews/Archive/ArchiveTools/index.html
BEST ARCHIVE TOOL
In recent years the software industry has seen a revival of archive (file compression) tools that are easier to use, more efficient, and more powerful than ever.
RARLab's WinRAR represents the best of this new breed of archive tools, with an unparalleled breadth and depth of high-end features and superior user interface.
WinRAR is a $29 shareware program (as of Fall 2005) by Alexander Roshal of RARLabs which includes a Lifetime license, and its full-featured trial version offers an ample 40-day evaluation. WinRAR provides power where you need it in an archive tool — in its core feature set. WinRAR provides complete support of RAR and ZIP files, unpacks 7z, ACE, ARJ, BZ2, CAB, GZ, ISO, JAR, LZH, TAR, UUE, Z. Among WinRAR features are strong compression, good archiving speed, multi-volume support, encryption, self-extracting modules, and backup facilities.
In the end, after reviewing over a dozen of the very best archive tools, WinRAR proved to have the best overall feature set and performance, and wins our award for Best Archive Tool.
some more sites...
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Which_is_the_best_archiving_software ,
http://www.msfn.org/board/topic/60634-best-archivingcompression-program/
are we clear on that? next time you try and be witty in your responses, dont just talk shit. do some research. because its just embarrassing for you.
so yes, jibbinc, i agree with you. winrar is the way to go.