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Why I’ll be Pirating Adobe’s Products From Now On

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Re: Why I’ll be Pirating Adobe’s Products From Now On

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Post by krapp »

csense wrote: post #119
krapp wrote: post #98

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Problem is, the open source community apparently decided Gimp and Inkscape were probably good enough, and few people who've ever used Adobe software would likely agree. Never mind that employers probably won't have them installed, and probably won't allow them to be used in house, they won't care if Gimp and Inkscape are on your resume if they're looking specifically to hire for photoshop/illustrator experience, and…

I'll grant you that Gimp's user interface is kind of a mess, but what specifically is wrong with Inkscape?

Actually... apart from some things like not having a mesh transform, extrude, skew and support for some color schemes, Inkscape is pretty nice, your comment encouraged me to try it out again. Apparently it will export in Illustrator's ai format as well. I was probably a bit rash to lump Inkscape in there.

Re: Why I’ll be Pirating Adobe’s Products From Now On

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Post by cschmidt »

j45 wrote: post #167
cschmidt wrote: post #86

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"Scott" Venkatasubramanian

This veiled attack on someone because of what their name may imply makes my stomach turn. I've sometimes wondered whether those who are most passionate about bashing other languages and frameworks, are in fact, just using transferring the behaviour from more direct bias towards a group or person.

I hesitated in making a joke on HN, since that never works well here. I was actually making fun of the practice of having Indian call center employees go by ridiculous American sounding names that couldn't possibly be theirs.

I always have to chuckle when you get someone on the line, and they say "my name is 'Scott'", and you have to think, "No, its not." I thought that was what the parent meant by "Scott". As in, that's not his real name.

It was not an attack on anyone other than the people that run these call centers. Most of the comments thought I was picking on grammar or something, which wouldn't have been very funny.

Sorry for any misunderstanding or offense caused.

Re: Why I’ll be Pirating Adobe’s Products From Now On

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Post by binxbolling »

sitkack wrote: post #156
philwebster wrote: post #35

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I completely agree. Each month I spend maybe an hour in Adobe apps, so even the student pricing (~$16/mo) which I'm eligible for, is too high for me to justify paying for Creative Cloud.

The Adobe hater I am ... 16 bucks a month for EVERYTHING THEY SELL is a fucking steal. You should be using it more, not less.

It's not everything they sell though.

Re: Why I’ll be Pirating Adobe’s Products From Now On

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Post by binxbolling »

adharmad wrote: post #12
justin66 wrote: post #8

A better, more insightful article than the stupid title implies. The author is dealing with the problem of how to install software he's already paid for.

Smartdraw (www.smartdraw.com) is very similar. They do not even allow you to download the software you have paid for and force an upgrade for a steep price.

SmartDraw is also kind enough to include spyware/malware with their installation.

Re: Why I’ll be Pirating Adobe’s Products From Now On

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Post by j45 »

cschmidt wrote: post #172
j45 wrote: post #167

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This veiled attack on someone because of what their name may imply makes my stomach turn. I've sometimes wondered whether those who are most passionate about bashing other languages and frameworks, are in fact, just using transferring the behaviour from more direct bias towards a group or person.

I hesitated in making a joke on HN, since that never works well here. I was actually making fun of the practice of having Indian call center employees go by ridiculous American sounding names that couldn't possibly be theirs. I always have to chuckle when you get someone on the line, and they say "my name is 'Scott'", and you have to think, "No, its not." I thought that was what the parent meant by "Scott". As in, th…

I love jokes. My sense of humor is such, that it doesn't have to take shots at people for things they can do nothing about: the colour of their skin, their looks, their height, the name they're given, how they didn't choose the families they were born into.

Still, let's chill out. And process the half hearted apology of "sorry if anyone was offended, but not sorry I said it because I don't see the big deal".

I wasn't really that upset by you putting a reasonably accurate looking and long south indian name..

It did made me wonder if doing so was really that evolved from making up a willfully ignorant African or Asian inspired name 30-60 years ago. That, in turn, made me wonder if we're really progressing, and what made me write.

What's a joke to me, is how little empathy there is when someone is told to change their name to make it more acceptable and easier to pronounce because they're not worth knowing.

Maybe it'll start getting better when narrow minded thinking stops telling the world to be more open minded to tolerate their continued close-mindedness.

Re: Why I’ll be Pirating Adobe’s Products From Now On

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Post by MatthewWilkes »

grimtrigger wrote: post #56
MatthewWilkes wrote: post #36

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"should not of been suggested" twitch

I think a lot of time is wasted on perfecting spelling/grammar because of comments like the one above. Are you having difficulty understanding Scott's message or intent?

Actually, yes. Everybody makes mistakes, but this one is so common that it has started to bother me. It immediately distracted me from the article and therefore his message.
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