The DMS archive format is no longer permitted on Aminet since once more a virus was found in an archive of that format. Top ten reasons why the DMS archive format sucks: 10. All recent DMS versions contain (1.51 and above) contain pirated code. 9. DMS 1.11, the last legal version, does not verify what it writes to disk. 8. DMS spreads boot block viruses. 7. DMS is all or nothing. You can't view what's inside an archive, nor can you extract only one part in the archive. 6. DMS forces you to split everything up in 880K chunks. Ever tried to DMS a 3 meg animation? 5. It supports no HD diskettes. Even worse, tho, would be if it did. Imagine the chaos, "anybody got a HD floppy drive for me to unpack that demo?" even from people with tons of diskspace on harddisk. 4. There is no UNIX/MSDOS/anything version of it. If you got a DMS archive on a non-Amiga system, you're stuck. 3. It decompresses more slowly than LhA. 2. It compresses worse than LhA. 1. It allows for trackloaders. Hey guys, the stone age is over. According to my survey, 96% of the users of Aminet have a harddisk, and the *don't* want to reboot 20 times to see 10 demos (boot into demo, then boot back into the system). Nor do they want a stunning transfer speed of 20K/sec. Or any diskettes, for that matter. Bonus resons: - Many DMS files distribute Workbench files, which is illegal. - DMS sometimes calls an archive OK when you test it, but fails to extract it. - DMS perfectly copies all the read errors that were on the original disk. - DMS 1.11 has enforcer hits - DMS forces you to chop up everything in 880K chunks. Ever tried to pack a 3 meg animation using DMS? - DMS files can't be virus tested on Aminet (LhA files can) - DMS can't be aborted using ^C when it's asking for a disk - DMS files often include all required libs etc. so you get the same reqtools.library dozens of times. - DMS files in most cases contain no HD installation scripts. - There is no (legal) file system that treats DMS files like directories. - DMS games and demos can't be started directly off Aminet CD. - People want to use *one* archiver for everything. Now if that ain't enough... -Urban Mueller, Aminet admin