__/ [ The Ghost In The Machine ] on Friday 24 February 2006 17:00 \__
> In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Roy Schestowitz
> <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote
> on Fri, 24 Feb 2006 05:09:52 +0000
> <dtm4hr$8bs$5@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>> __/ [ Bill H ] on Thursday 23 February 2006 16:30 \__
>>
>>> roySchestowitz" <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>>> news:ds4701$1gp3$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>> __/ [Au79] on Sunday 05 February 2006 06:24 \__
>>>>
>>>>> Desktop Linux - USA
>>>>>
>>>>> When Novell recently reported early results from its survey of what
>>>>> applications people wanted ported to Linux, a lot of people were
>>>>> surprised
>>>>> to see ...
>>>>>
>>>>> <http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS2471885182.html>
>>>>
>>>> People who request that port are people who have never put their hands
>>>> on other toolkits or have previously taken pricy courses on Photoshop.
>>>> Same principles apply to MS Office, which is taught everywhere,
>>>> sometimes due to
>>>> curricula of the Government for schools.
>>>>
>>>> Any Windows user knows that Corel Draw and JASC Paintshop Pro can, in
>>>> practical use, do almost everything which Photoshop does.
>>>>
>>>> * http://www.gimpshop.net/
>>>>
>>>> * http://www.gimp.org/screenshots/
>>>>
>>>> * http://www.inkscape.org/screenshots/index.php
>>>>
>>>> (Among dozens more, not to mention ray tracers and renderers...)
>>>>
>>>> The fact that Photoshop has become a dictionary term in its own right
>>>> (much
>>>> like "Google") does not help either. A crushing majority of the
>>>> participants
>>>> in the GIMP newsgroups (and mailing lists go) about with statements like
>>>> "In
>>>> Photoshop I do X, now how can I do it in the GIMP?"
>>>>
>>>> Roy
>>>>
>>>
>>> Linux sucks that's why use it every day. Because I am water
>>
>> You are very smart, too.
>
> Well, I've heard of hooloovoos (a superintelligent shade of the
> color blue), smart rocks, and brilliant pebbles, but
> smart water?
>
> Should I worry about drinking my coffee?
I need to sober up my mind with some rum. [gone for coffee]
Roy
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