Photoshop’s journey to the web

Re:Photoshop’s journey to the web by inDigiNeous on Tuesday October 26, 2021 @03:44PM (#29005328)

Nomen est Omen, with a name like GIMP what can you expect. I mean, the software name is literally slang for a disabled person.

Why don't they start from changing the name I don't understand.. Open Source projects have these odd ways of just sticking whatever somebody came up in the late 90s and rolling with that.

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Re:Photoshop’s journey to the web by tony_cannistra on Tuesday October 26, 2021 @04:24PM (#29005800)

GIMP is an acronym (GNU Image Manipulation Program).

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Re:Photoshop’s journey to the web by inDigiNeous on Tuesday October 26, 2021 @04:35PM (#29005905)

Yeah I know that. But do the people looking for a professional photo editing program know that. I'm just saying if you want to make it big or attract developers, maybe naming your software Gimp is not the best thing either..

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