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Re:Gimp 2.10.12 by AnIdiotOnTheNet on Thursday June 13, 2019 @07:59AM (#20173889)
Do you even listen to yourself? "It doesn't matter that the product doesn't actually work, what's really turning off users is that it isn't pretty enough!". No wonder so much open source software sucks.
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Re:Gimp 2.10.12 by yellowapple on Thursday June 13, 2019 @03:41PM (#20177972)
> "It doesn't matter that the product doesn't actually work, what's really turning off users is that it isn't pretty enough!"

This is unfortunately a very real phenomenon. You're telling me you've never worked with/for a company that went gung-ho on some half-baked pile of junk of a system because some sales guy wowed the execs with some flashy "whitepapers" and pretty demos? If not, then you're luckier than I've been, that's for sure.

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Re:Gimp 2.10.12 by AnIdiotOnTheNet on Thursday June 13, 2019 @08:22PM (#20179698)
Sure, and when it is deployed and everyone hates it they keep using it because no on wants to admit they built a pile of junk based on pretty pictures.

But that's not how it works with open source, because I can simply choose not to use your garbage. Do you see the difference?

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