Re:GIMP 2.9.6 Released
by taco_emoji on Friday August 25, 2017 @04:15PM
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I think you need to look up the meaning of "de facto", since its presence in GP's comment renders your entire complaint moot.
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de facto and standard are basically opposites. Except when standard is used as a synonym for "the way things are due to some hegemony or similar situation".
My complaint is basically: fuck off with the Adobe in a thread about Gimp. If you think the Adobe program is better or must work with every possible instance of its files, or you just feel good to use a de facto standard, go use the Adobe program.
Gimp is its own thing; it is not an open source clone of Adobe Photoshop. Never has been.
Re:GIMP 2.9.6 Released
by taco_emoji on Wednesday August 30, 2017 @05:50PM
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So they're opposites, except in this exact situation? Cool.
> My complaint is basically: fuck off with the Adobe in a thread about Gimp
OK, sure, but maybe you should have A) said something resembling that in the first place instead of attempting some inane linguistic argument, and B) replied to the person who introduced the comparison rather than the one who had a pretty salient response to that.