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MS Unveils Beta of New Image Editing Program
docdude316 writes "CNET is running a story about Microsoft's new photo editing software, Acrylic. The new program is based on Expression, which Microsoft purchased in 2003. From the article: 'Microsoft describes the software--currently available as a 77MB free download--as bringing together pixel-based painting and vector graphics features. These capabilities will put the product squarely in the market currently dominated by software maker Adobe Systems with its pixel-focused Photoshop and vector-driven Illustrator products. Acrylic appears to support opening and exporting to Photoshop and Illustrator file formats, as well as other standard graphics formats. In addition, the application appears to be able to export to Adobe's Portable Document Format, or PDF.'
Does anyone else think it's amazing that MS looks down upon people who try to backward engineer their file formats such as Word Documents and then go and put in support for Adobe's formats in their products?
Of course I am, what with my deviation from the sheep mindset.
Talk and Write
Are you saying AT&T/Bell and Ritchie invented this? ROFL!
but mostly it's a feedback loop
Right, it's a "feedback loop" when it's open source, but a "rip-off" when it's Microsoft.
There you go with the insults again. Typical Slashdot poster - insult the other guy, then flame them on spelling.
Your original premise was the it would be OK for MS to release a Photoshop competitor as long as it wasn't too cheap. I brought up other potential competitors that were also cheap (free, actually,) any you responded with insults and some lame "Microsoft bribes governments" line.
I tried to be rational and open to your viewpoint. I didn't flame you personally. Yet, somehow I get branded unintelligent when all that you know about me comes from about four paragraphs that I wrote on some internet forum. Let me guess you were a Dean, then Kerry supporter?