Trap-Jaw,

I believe that have have honestly checked the code, and [except for the 10 versus 45 minute requery mixup] the diferences are what you mention, but nothing you've said explains why LimeWire 2.8.x over the course of one month did not download a single large file for me, not even when I left it running 24 hours a day, while Acquisition downloaded three on the first night I tried it! LimeWire loses all connections it makes within seven minutes; Acquisition retains the connections. LimeWire never reconnects to hosts after the initial failure; Acquisition does reconnect when possible.

Trap-Jaw, I have 30 years experience in software development --OK, not internet software. My "customers" were manufacturing machines. But, the same rules apply: the only way to test software is in the real world: run it and see what happens. If it doesn't do what it was intended to do, then the software is broken, I don't care how pretty the code is. If the user wants a 0.05mm tolerance on his cut and you give him 0.5mm, he's not going to be happy.

I'm not happy with LimeWire at the moment. It is not doing what I want it to do. I invested a month of my time trying to get it to work. I participated in this forum; I ran tests; I experimented. Nothing helped.

You guys keep up the good work. The minute that's a new version worth testing, I'll be back. Until then, I'm using Acquisition.

Janet