I like how he's posting from next May according to the timestamp. And points to an explanation of the difference between open source and free software which is mostly wrong.
The problem with open source
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Re: The problem with open source
#12Seems like a flamebait post, skip it and you won't miss anything. I will join the others in pointing out some of its bullshit. I did not fully read it, this caught my eye: If you’re a part of the core “design” team of GIMP, the first thing you could do is getting rid of that logo. My point being, an Otocyon holding a paintbrush simply cannot go up against a seven-hundred-dollars-a-piece software. http://en.wikipedia.…
Your comment about the comparison between the PS logo and the GIMP mascot logo, are, well...your opinion. The point I wanted to raise was that a corporation like Adobe obviously spends more time and money on user experience and design as a whole, than the GIMP team (for obvious reasons)
Also, your comment about GIMP not having to go up against commercial competitors is, I'll use your vocab here, "bullshit"
GIMP is the closest competitor to PS. In fact, the greatest threat to a $700 software would no doubt be something that's free and has all the features of the latter. Here in Dubai, Inkscape is popular amongst designers.
Re: The problem with open source
#13I like how he's posting from next May according to the timestamp. And points to an explanation of the difference between open source and free software which is mostly wrong.
Made a typo while entering the file name in Jekyll.
The explanation of the difference isn't mine, its from the link you'll see there.
Re: The problem with open source
#14tl;dr: guy talks about circumventing software in order to "get the job done". He does this on a blog whose styles where lifted from my own, distinctly not open source blog. So yeah, I guess that's a thing.
My apologies.
I'm currently franticly typing HTML/CSS code for a redesign. This was for a temporary basis anyway, but I do apologize for not making that obvious.
Re: The problem with open source
#15(This post was typed on Emacs, an open source text editor, and I’m already gathering awkward looks from the people. “A strangely dressed man typing away furiously into a black screen with green text. He’s got to be a hacker!”) More likely people are thinking "Why is he using Emacs when he could be using VIM!?". Or maybe they're asking why he's writing a blog entry on an OS like Emacs when it doesn't have a good text…
While I agree that some of them are user friendly.
Think of the comparison between Microsoft Office and OpenOffice. I wanted to lay stress on the fact that mainstream developers/designers are simply not interested in Open source because it gives them nothing in return.
The very few that are, only do it for the traction.
Re: The problem with open source
#16tl;dr: guy talks about circumventing software in order to "get the job done". He does this on a blog whose styles where lifted from my own, distinctly not open source blog. So yeah, I guess that's a thing.
Heh, awkward. - Hadn't seen your site's ?recent? makeover, looks nice! Also, his page suggests he's a 'Developer at Github'?
Yup. "Awkward"
That's the word. :P