[CentOS] Two ftp clients? Why?

On 08/03/2011 06:41 AM, Les Mikesell wrote:

> But back to the original problem, why would anyone use ftp in this
> century when rsync or http(s) are so much easier to manage?

Do we have Kerberized rsync yet? Or Globus rsync?

If so... please post a link and... (^.^)

Anyway, that sort of gets to the heart of just why we have several (not 
just two) ftp options. ftp, vsftp, Kerberized ftp, gridftp, etc... Its a 
pretty common tool and in some specific cases scripting the niche ones 
is necessary due to a lack of alternatives to match a given environment 
-- though if security isn't an issue (bringing in signed, public 
packages from a repo, say)... then yeah, rsync; though some people view 
it as "just one more thing to have to learn" and never discovering the 
benefits.

-Iwao