Simply, because people were making the same point you are making back in 1994/5 when asking why people needed a Pentium processor when their 486 did everything they need.
This is an insightful comment, but only in that it is a great insight into too many Open Source projects.
This wanky attitude here is "how DARE you criticise! You should be damned grateful that the developers let you use their app. Pay penance to the developers, for they are great and wonderful".
Simply, Gimp is not very good. I know that might chafe the developers and open source community, but its true. The fact is, the developers need to stop, re-evaluate and re-think their direction.
For example, look at Mozilla. How far down the wrong path did it have to go before someone said, "err, its not very good and people are abandoning Mozilla for Phoenix", leading the developers to rethink what they were doing and get the project back on the right track.
Y'know, maybe you're right. They need the development capital. A "Free as in Beer" product might not be the right approach, therefore. Its a radical change in direction, but as I see it, Gimp is many, many years away from anything close to Photoshop and arguably needs an overhaul at its very core. The problem is, I don't think that there is the impetus from the developers to do that as Gimp 2.0 demonstrates.
So, kill the project or have the guts to radically rethink it, is my message to the developers. No fawning from here.
That's rubbish. Having designed desktop systems at a University and made sure that both Netscape and IE were fully installed, had equal capabilities with regards to plugins etc on several thousand student access machines, I can tell you, the pre-installed argument is rubbish. Netscape 4.x and beyond were just nowhere near the standard of IE 5.x and above.
That's rubbish. I know of at least one person who thinks Lindows is a version of Linux that is compatible or like Windows, just from its name. Michael Robertson knows what he's doing, and his is an attempt to cheat and con his way into the market.
'it is trite and irresponsible of ill-informed commentators to claim that games like Grand Theft Auto are central to terrible crime...but having said that, BBC reporter Andrew Gilligan has learnt that Tony Blair and George Bush are r0x0rs at Battlefield 1942, so the jury's still out'
well, good luck with Real Player and firewalls. From my experience, it doesn't matter what your system settings, Real Player goes off and do its own thing. Its a ROYAL pain in the backside and I am doing everything in my power to have my organisation (a University) to drop it...
Exactly how often are developments in Linux going to be "an answer to "? There is definitely a problem of only being able to follow, not lead, within Linux development.
For someone marked at informative, you sure as hell don't know the difference between DirectX and Direct3D. Doom 3 does rely on aspects of DirectX such as DirectInput and DirectSound on the PC.
The problem here is you actually believe that the security of an ATM is that skin deep. Well, let me just say I'd trust Microsoft more about security than someone whose idea of security is "if they manage to do something to the ATM, then that's it, we all may as well go home".
The level of infiltration here is nothing. Its vastly less penetration than, say, someone who finds your lost card and tries it in a machine. At least then, they have bypassed one level of account security. A virus like this bypasses zero levels of account security.
But, hey, don't let me stop your mindless Microsoft bashing...
Yes, I'm sure Microsoft executives will be quaking in their boots, scared, knowing that Apple have made less than $2 million from iTMS in about 3 months.
You are right. What it is about is objectivity. Oddly, enough, this is something I was thinking about earlier this week. I was on a panel for interviews for a new guy (oops, or gal!) for our server team.
I decided one question I would use would be a curve ball question which was about strategy and in terms of technology, would they regard themselves pro towards Microsoft, Linux, open source or other technologies. 2 of the 5 guys I asked this to were savvy enough to say they would evaluate the technologies available at the time, but 3 said they were leant towards Microsoft (2 of them) and Linux technologies. For those 3, I noted their response down as a bad thing. I wouldn't want on a team in charge of servers, people who lack objectivity.
I personally think it is a future problem for the IT industry because we see far too many people who adopt what I actually call a "slashdot attitude" - unable to evaluate technologies without their own personal feelings getting in the way.
Slashdot Mirror
Its happened! SCO has pwned OpenBSD!
Simply, because people were making the same point you are making back in 1994/5 when asking why people needed a Pentium processor when their 486 did everything they need.
Or at least since HP and Microsoft demonstrated Athens, their concept PC.
Indeed, this article misses out the most interesting specification mentioned back then - that widescreen monitors will be the standard
This is an insightful comment, but only in that it is a great insight into too many Open Source projects.
This wanky attitude here is "how DARE you criticise! You should be damned grateful that the developers let you use their app. Pay penance to the developers, for they are great and wonderful".
Simply, Gimp is not very good. I know that might chafe the developers and open source community, but its true. The fact is, the developers need to stop, re-evaluate and re-think their direction.
For example, look at Mozilla. How far down the wrong path did it have to go before someone said, "err, its not very good and people are abandoning Mozilla for Phoenix", leading the developers to rethink what they were doing and get the project back on the right track.
Y'know, maybe you're right. They need the development capital. A "Free as in Beer" product might not be the right approach, therefore. Its a radical change in direction, but as I see it, Gimp is many, many years away from anything close to Photoshop and arguably needs an overhaul at its very core. The problem is, I don't think that there is the impetus from the developers to do that as Gimp 2.0 demonstrates.
So, kill the project or have the guts to radically rethink it, is my message to the developers. No fawning from here.
How anyone can get "Insightful" for saying OpenOffice is better than Office is beyond me...oh hang on, "http://slashdot.org/...", ah I see...
That's damned impressive. You'd didn't just not RTFA but you didn't manage to get to the second word of the summary! Sheesh!
Which are all completely justified and wonderfully written exposes of the brilliance of Linux!
That's rubbish. Having designed desktop systems at a University and made sure that both Netscape and IE were fully installed, had equal capabilities with regards to plugins etc on several thousand student access machines, I can tell you, the pre-installed argument is rubbish. Netscape 4.x and beyond were just nowhere near the standard of IE 5.x and above.
When companies like Eolas stop trying to sue Microsoft over an obvious technology such as plugins.
You can hardly blame Microsoft for covering its back after these debacles.
That's rubbish. I know of at least one person who thinks Lindows is a version of Linux that is compatible or like Windows, just from its name. Michael Robertson knows what he's doing, and his is an attempt to cheat and con his way into the market.
'it is trite and irresponsible of ill-informed commentators to claim that games like Grand Theft Auto are central to terrible crime...but having said that, BBC reporter Andrew Gilligan has learnt that Tony Blair and George Bush are r0x0rs at Battlefield 1942, so the jury's still out'
well, good luck with Real Player and firewalls. From my experience, it doesn't matter what your system settings, Real Player goes off and do its own thing. Its a ROYAL pain in the backside and I am doing everything in my power to have my organisation (a University) to drop it...
Humour? Slashdot? Where?
Well, what I hear, Gene Simmons is PISSED!
Exactly how often are developments in Linux going to be "an answer to "? There is definitely a problem of only being able to follow, not lead, within Linux development.
> Hi Adolph
Godwin's law invoked. You lose!
A lot less people will be working on it if the authorities start to notice the death threats made in that thread.
For someone marked at informative, you sure as hell don't know the difference between DirectX and Direct3D. Doom 3 does rely on aspects of DirectX such as DirectInput and DirectSound on the PC.
Aye Aye, Agent Smith's in...
The problem here is you actually believe that the security of an ATM is that skin deep. Well, let me just say I'd trust Microsoft more about security than someone whose idea of security is "if they manage to do something to the ATM, then that's it, we all may as well go home".
The level of infiltration here is nothing. Its vastly less penetration than, say, someone who finds your lost card and tries it in a machine. At least then, they have bypassed one level of account security. A virus like this bypasses zero levels of account security.
But, hey, don't let me stop your mindless Microsoft bashing...
Because they don't want us to find out about the UFOs, alien autopsies and future military vehicles they have there?
Oh, sorry, wrong conspiracy favourite...
Yes, I'm sure Microsoft executives will be quaking in their boots, scared, knowing that Apple have made less than $2 million from iTMS in about 3 months.
They screw their users over every year, not every couple. Oh, and their non-US users every hour of every day.
If you are running SETI@home, your processor cycles are going on a fruitless task anyway...
You are right. What it is about is objectivity. Oddly, enough, this is something I was thinking about earlier this week. I was on a panel for interviews for a new guy (oops, or gal!) for our server team.
I decided one question I would use would be a curve ball question which was about strategy and in terms of technology, would they regard themselves pro towards Microsoft, Linux, open source or other technologies. 2 of the 5 guys I asked this to were savvy enough to say they would evaluate the technologies available at the time, but 3 said they were leant towards Microsoft (2 of them) and Linux technologies. For those 3, I noted their response down as a bad thing. I wouldn't want on a team in charge of servers, people who lack objectivity.
I personally think it is a future problem for the IT industry because we see far too many people who adopt what I actually call a "slashdot attitude" - unable to evaluate technologies without their own personal feelings getting in the way.