Pretty much all of the general-purpose compression formats are pretty much on a par for compression-ratio and speed.
.zip is, by a very long way, the most prevalent format for the PC
There are plenty of free tools for .zip as well as free libraries for codies to write stuff
Util to work with it? I go for ZipGenius - easy, free and realatively reliable.
Corruption? Unfortunately files will corrupt from time to time. The more compressed they are the more likely that corruption is to do something nasty (I haven't thought that one through thoroughly but I think I'm right). The only real defence is proper backups :)
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Zippyness :)
Util to work with it? I go for ZipGenius - easy, free and realatively reliable.
Corruption? Unfortunately files will corrupt from time to time. The more compressed they are the more likely that corruption is to do something nasty (I haven't thought that one through thoroughly but I think I'm right). The only real defence is proper backups :)