In comp.os.linux.advocacy, DFS
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on Thu, 4 Oct 2007 22:18:18 -0400
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> The Ghost In The Machine wrote:
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>> Offhand, looks like we've got maybe 40% or so of SnagIt
>> covered, although not neatly packaged by a long shot.
>> Another 10% might be packaged if one is an expert (and if
>> one is not...good luck; you'll need it!). Another 30%
>> would probably be covered by a competent paint program
>> such as GIMP.
>
> It's shareware, so you can download it and try it for 30 days. Then all the
> mystery will be gone.
I don't run Windows. Oh, the horror, to be denied the
rights of running SnagIt Software because I have the
wrong OS!
</sarcasm>
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>>> But why use a crappy solution like Gimp when SnagIt is a specialized
>>> tool for capturing and altering screenshots?
>>
>> And GIMP is crappy precisely...why? Because you say so?
>
> I didn't mean to say GIMP was altogether crappy - just that it's not the
> correct/specialized tool for screen capture work.
And SnagIt is? SnagIt looks like a multipurpose tool anyway.
Might be useful to somebody; not sure it meets my needs,
which are already satisfied by GIMP anyway; capture,
crop, plop is about the extent thereof.
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>> And SnagIt, by helping Windows, helps Microsoft. Again.
>
> Yep. But MS is dying, with one foot in the grave as we speak, and a few
> SnagIt sales won't help.
>
Migawd. And here I thought you were "Microsoft forever"!
What's happened to you? ;-)
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