On Fri, Apr 09, 2004 at 01:10:56PM +0200, Jakub Steiner wrote: > V ?t 08. 04. 2004 v 06:35 -0700 p??e Carol Spears: > > > > TheGIMP is not photoshop. it was written so that linux people would not > > not have to use a different operating system and/or steal. > i am quoting spencer with my own reasons. http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=petm-2907952329370001%40charnley.hip.berkeley.edu&output=gplain the actual word here is "akin". probably you should use google to determine this just for consistency. > Here you propose GIMP would be good for people who don't feel > comfortable stealing (Photoshop)? > > > you make gimp race on a playing field it never was meant to be on and i > > dont see anyone testing the competitor on TheGIMP's home field. > > > > what would the point of such a race be? > > And here you're saying you don't like the comparsion to Photoshop? Gosh, > if you're suggesting GIMP as an alternative you hardly can avoid > comparsion. That's hypocrisy. > i spent years telling photoshop people to give gimp a chance. i am a blithering idiot by now. thanks for pointing that out. > I'm one of the people who used Photoshop at the university and then > started looking around for an affordable alternative at home. Trying to > address issues that people may encounter doing the switch does make > perfect sense. > i used photoshop at the university also. it was the only way i could get the scanner to work there. i still had to learn about scanning also. carol
