Hey Microsoft, Stop Installing Apps on My PC Without Asking

Re:Hey Microsoft, Stop Installing Apps on My PC Without Asking by Alupis on Thursday February 15, 2018 @03:32PM (#16387349)

I'm a very strong advocate of Open Source Software, and all things Linux as well.

I've used Gimp, Inkscape, and others... but sometimes you just need to get work done, and the closed source proprietary application is what you need, I'm sorry to say.

Donating thousands of dollars to Gimp today isn't going to put it on par with Photoshop today... I wish it would. Maybe it could be in a few years... but I need to get work done right now.

Sometimes you do need a commercial interest behind something to drive it's progress. That doesn't mean it has to be closed and proprietary, but they often are, sadly.

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Re:Hey Microsoft, Stop Installing Apps on My PC Without Asking by Sir_Cmpwn on Thursday February 15, 2018 @03:37PM (#16387394)

Time moves inexorably forward. Donate today and "a few years" will come.

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Re:Hey Microsoft, Stop Installing Apps on My PC Without Asking by emodendroket on Thursday February 15, 2018 @04:51PM (#16388034)

Gimp has been in development since 1995.

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