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onlinephotolab.com which, if I remember right, uses a hacked version of the gimp for backend processing of images. Last time I checked they weren't distributing their changes, (I haven't checked in a while though). They don't "distribute" the software either, they just let their customers run the software via a web interface. (Is that a distribution?) As I recall one of the major players at this company is also one of the major authors of the Gimp, so you can't really fault the guy too much, he's done more than most people ever did for "the open source movement" whatever that is.

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The site you want is Online PhotoLab - and it is indeed GIMP. It's an online adaptation of the GIMP.

Was it on1ine photo 1ab?

Excellent question. onlinephotolab, might be one example of this type of thing. (It uses the Gimp as a back-end.)

hell yeah. open the APIs. Open APIs means plenty of middleware, like Netscape, like Java. Middleware means easy cross-platform development. (Look at the GIMP-based online photo-editing service http://www.onlinephotolab.com!!) Easy cross-platform development means that Joe User, who just wants to run (spreadsheet | video editor | database) can choose *any* OS they want. MS loses dominance, fades into one among many CHOICES, all you Open Source advocates get the satisfaction of winning a fair fight on a level playing field. That's pretty much what Judge Jackson concluded in his Findings of Fact.

This white paper on Netscape's Gecko (requires Acrobat Reader) is full of great quotes like this one
"The Internet appliance is about to arrive, in force. This is a simple, streamlined computer that handles only the Internet and e-mail, and does so very well. It may take the form of a desktop or laptop PC, or a box atop a TV, or a specialized phone, but it won't use Windows or any other obtrusive operating system. In an appliance, the operating system isn't king: it's just plumbing."
--Walt Mossberg,"Using a PC Got Harder, But A New Age Is Dawning," 28 October 99 Wall Street Journal

which seem designed to give Bill Gates the night sweats, and nicely explains why he perceived Netscape as such a threat.

Hm, it says very little about what the company is going to live off... My guess would be the usual (=banner ads), since it says right there in the account usage policy that the account is free... Also, I find the conceptual limitation to photos somewhat interesting, as well. An image is an image is an image, I thought. Well, it probably makes sense from a PR perspective, anyways. So, good luck, I guess! ;^)