> It's the only standard for file transfer we have
No, its not.
> Why does it have to die?
Because its problematic in a whole lot of ways, and FTPS doesn't help much for most of them. [1] identifies a lot of them (in the context of implementing a MacFUSE filesystem, but the issues apply to most applications.)
> (NOTE: WebDav has even more issues but that's the only other standard.)
You keep using that word "only"; I do not think it means what you think it means.
WebDAV certainly has issues, though its probably less bad, on balance, than FTP/FTPS, but the more commonly used alternative for FTP/FTPS isn't WebDAV but SFTP (the SSH File Transfer Protocol, not the Simple File Transfer Protocol.)
No, its not.
> Why does it have to die?
Because its problematic in a whole lot of ways, and FTPS doesn't help much for most of them. [1] identifies a lot of them (in the context of implementing a MacFUSE filesystem, but the issues apply to most applications.)
> (NOTE: WebDav has even more issues but that's the only other standard.)
You keep using that word "only"; I do not think it means what you think it means.
WebDAV certainly has issues, though its probably less bad, on balance, than FTP/FTPS, but the more commonly used alternative for FTP/FTPS isn't WebDAV but SFTP (the SSH File Transfer Protocol, not the Simple File Transfer Protocol.)
[1] http://blog.expandrive.com/2009/02/02/ftp-considered-harmful...