Read: business dudes can't do crypto. Tell me something new. *yawns*
In fact, this is a fairly good result. I know someone who's good at crypto, and boy, he discovers flaws everywhere, all the time, mostly by accident. He didn't have much to complain about concerning Bitcoin, so I guess it's safe enough for now. Only thing I could complain about is the standard client being written in C++, a language in which unsafe context is the standard paradigm.
But that's not an issue of the Bitcoin protocol. Alternative clients will hopefully pop up as Bitcoin evolves, which would be desirable for many reasons anyway...
nice! I just found BitcoinSharp, a .NET/Mono compatible port of BitcoinJ. Hell yeah, I might even make my own "lite" client version with this.
Bottom line: Bitcoin protocol seems secure, and Bitcoin infrastructure is evolving as we speak. Stay careful for now, but the long-term outlook is good!