statement: Pure-FTP can be downloaded from source forge and compiled in seconds.
answer: On a normal-speed Mac this takes a lot of time (on my iMac circa 10 minutes)

statement: No code nor makefile changes required for OS X. The reason why FTP servers are best compiled by yourself is for you safety. You download the source and compile it so no one can create a backdoor. Downloading a pre-compiled FTP server from an unknown company is not the safest to do (for sure if the code is available and so easy to compile).
answer: Thats right BUT: If you don't trust me you can download the sources from the offical site and compile them. Then you can move the compiled server into the ftp-config package. This is esy and allows you to have 100% of security!

statement: Also Pure-FTP has a large manual on its homepage with everything you need to know about it.
answer: Thats right BUT: the manual is very large and complicated. If you have to read and understand all the features you want to use it takes a lot of time. If you work in a company and get paid for this job its cheaper to buy ftp-config

statement: If this ftp-config wrapper would add much to Pure-FTP I could see paying for it.
answer: It adds a lot of fetures like the simple usermanagement, log-visualization, monitoring online users and theyr actions, dtp-status (a tool for MacOSX's statusbar) and so on

statement: There are several sites that explain how to install Pure-FTP for OS X, i.e: "How to install pure-ftpd" on OSXfaq, http://forums.osxfaq.com/viewtopic.php?t=3610. I will check back again
answer: Thats right but this takes time and time is money. therefore its cheaper tu buy ftp-config!
CU