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I agree on the software engineering thought; but I don't think wuFTP is any indication of open source software reliability per se. What it does point out is that anybody -- anybody -- can whip up some code, call it a 'project' on Freshmeat, and have people download it without any vetting. Good or bad, that's the way it is, and the user must do some due diligence on the quality of the software.

I agree on the software engineering thought; but I don't think wuFTP is any indication of open source software reliability per se. What it does point out is that anybody -- anybody -- can whip up some code, call it a 'project' on Freshmeat, and have people download it without any vetting. Good or bad, that's the way it is, and the user must do some due diligence on the quality of the software.

Agree completely. I'm not really trying to bash Linux or wuFTP in particular. I think that, speaking for myself at least, I get a little annoyed when people slam software bugs with the expectation that there is any such thing as 'bug-free' code. It doesn't exist. There is certainly 'sufficiently-tested' code. But not 'bug-free'. Anybody that makes such claims is full of crap.