Re:Gimp 2.10.20
by dvirsky on Thursday June 11, 2020 @01:45PM
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To be honest Gimp is a terrible and embarrassing name, that IMO should have been changed years ago by the original creators. This is a world class incredible piece of software with over two decades of legacy, not some toy project.
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Only for a small part of the English-speaking community though.
I mostly read it as a reference to Pulp Fiction (which I think was the intent) and that doesn't make it much better.
You are correct: https://www.xach.com/gg/1997/1/profile/1/ Gimp Gazette 1 January 1997
"At the time, Pulp Fiction was the hot movie and a single word popped into my mind while we were tossing out name ideas. It only took a few more minutes to determine what the 'G' stood for."