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- Varz, on 05/05/2008, -0/+15Sometimes it is necessary, there either isn't a OSS equivalent or the OSS version sucks compared to the non-free version.
- insllvn, on 05/05/2008, -1/+14***** zealots.
- ktxxx, on 05/05/2008, -0/+8Your caps lock key seems to be broken.
- Kingoftherings, on 05/05/2008, -0/+7I agree with this, but sometimes I need to use non-free stuff like Adobe Flash Player or the Nvidia Drivers. I try to use free software as much as I can, like on my Windows box I'm thinking about moving from MS Office to Open Office.
- grumpyrain, on 05/05/2008, -0/+6What a strangely worded question. I know no person who *WANTS* to pay for software. I know no person who *WANTS* to use software specifically because the source code is proprietary and secret. A bit of economics study is in order. My time is worth money (a philosophical stance, but one shared by many people). If I have a choice between two identically functioning programs, each as good as the other, but one is free and open and the other is closed, I will choose the open one every time. But you can not seriously compare Gimp to Photoshop. I use Gimp myself because it does everything I need, but if I was a designer, I am sure the documented issues regarding colour spaces and downsampling everything to 8-bit for processing would make it worthless to me. If I was making lots of money from designing, then perhaps the monetary cost of Photoshop would become insignificant.
Can you not understand that some people therefore want to use Photoshop? If so, are they to be tied to Windows or Mac? The largest barrier to Linux adoption is simply that people have programs they like to use, and some of those programs do not have competent Linux equivalents. If you can get Photoshop working well through WINE, then that is one less stumbling block for a potential Linux user. - ArthurSucks, on 05/05/2008, -0/+5I never thought of open source and Linux as a all or nothing type scenario. I thought it was about community and freedom of choice. I use the Adobe flash plug-in because it's the best software for that job. On the other hand my girlfriend rips movies with Handbrake on her Apple because it's the best software for that job. Freedom of choice FTW!
- the_blob, on 05/05/2008, -1/+4So by this logic, if you run a non-free OS you should not be allowed to install OSS/free software... Makes perfect sense.
- grumpyrain, on 05/05/2008, -0/+2I agree totally but:
1. No school will install software called 'The GIMP'; and
2. Schools get special pricing, so it aint $700; and
3. There is arguably some responsibility to teach software used in the industry. - CoolGoose, on 05/05/2008, -0/+1I think you have no idea how hard is to program sometimes in windows.
- Kingoftherings, on 05/05/2008, -0/+1My school uses Photoshop, and for what we use it for, we don't need $700 copies of Photoshop when The Gimp would be fine. I think most people aren't even aware that there are free alternatives.
- CoolGoose, on 05/05/2008, -0/+1I think he has some peanut butter sticked to his shift key.
- Sammi84, on 05/05/2008, -3/+1from behind
- shadoweva09, on 05/05/2008, -5/+1Sorry to burst your bubble, but there are some architectural reasons why Linux has stuff like a graphics program (Gimp) that can not compare to the closed source alternative. Because Linux is a clone of Unix, all graphics support is 3rd party, except for X which is still a separate program from the kernel. Because of this, programming GUI's on Linux is more of a horror story than anything else, which means people will be stuck with lower quality programs because of the limitations of gtk or qt (krita) running on top of the desktop window manager and X. In the end a kernel with native support for graphics inside is still needed, or at least a branch of the linux kernel that breaks compatibility by including the desktop software with the kernel. Chances are you will be waiting until some other projects like ReactOS, AROS, or some other kernel with native graphics support becomes beta software.
- LanEvo, on 05/05/2008, -7/+3MOST PEOPLE DO NOT EVEN KNOW WTF "SOURCE CODE" IS.
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