Re: GIMP 3.0.0-RC1

On Wed, 1 Jan 2025 11:44:29 -0500, -hh wrote:

 
[quote]
Unfortunately, the only way that this point actually becomes
"reasonable" is by finally admitting that many/most Linux fanboys are
chronic consummate cheapskates.
[/quote]
 

You omit that many/most commercial software packages are
EXTORTIONATE in that they capture users via proprietary
formats and subscription accounts.  The only difference
between them and the gangsters of old are the machine
guns.

I can pay $100 for a 1/2" power drill and I can expect it
to last 25-50 years or more.  (I inherited a power drill
from my grandfather that is almost 70 years old.  The
only problem is a loose connection in the power cable
that can be easily fixed.)

That same $100 won't even buy a 1 month subscription
for a desktop software package.

The situation is borderline criminality.

Both software and information want to be free (as in
"freedom" and not "beer").  We are seeing this happen.
Commercial software on the desktop is an endangered species.

I can understand the airline industry paying big bucks
for flight reservation software, or the nuclear power industry
paying big bucks for control software, but a desktop spreadsheet
or word processor is trivial and should cost nothing.

Everything done on the desktop has been standardized decades
ago.  There is no need for commercial software in this arena.





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