http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=6936
--- Comment #48 from Wine? Gimme Beer! furex.furetto+wine@gmail.com 2008-08-06 16:41:51 --- Guess it depends on your definition of "a lot" :) Fast or slow makes no difference, at least in my case.
Try putting several big files (e.g. Linux CD images) and leaving it running for a couple days, you should stumble on it sooner or later. When it starts doing it, it won't stop anyway, unless it crashes first. Usually I'm not downloading files with more than some dozens of sources, that might make a difference or not.
@ Anton, native not necessarily better = a badly written application does not magically turn into a good one just because it's native. A well-written native application is expected to offer /some/ advantages over an equivalent non-native app but - depending on the metric used, the non-native app can still be better than the good, native one (e.g. set of features)