In article <3539924.IL6AzZuSJO@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I fully agree. Still, bear in mind that not everyone (including myself) is
> willing to work/be enslaved hard for several weeks, merely collecting money
> for some Photoshop licence. Instead, one can master the excellent GNU
> imagine manipulation program and know that it will be there for 10 years
> down the line... in 32-bit, 64-bit, Linux OS, Mac OS, or
> Widgetcrazyfuturistic OS. It's good to find independence, cost-wise, as well
> as in the interests and motvies of Open Source, leading to perpetuation. The
> GIMP won't die. Someone will always take it or even fork it (GPL a must),
> e.g. GIMPShop.
It's a few days to earn the money for a Photoshop license, not several
weeks. For people using it heavily for professional work, the increase
in productivity with Photoshop compared to GIMP will save them more than
the cost of the license.
Professionals use the best tool for the job at hand. If that tool won't
be around in 10 years, then for the jobs they are doing 10 years from
now, they'll use another tool (whichever is best 10 years from now).
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--Tim Smith
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