>> For most people on this planet, GIMP doesn't have any special meaning. .. Thank you, I'll correct my original comment. Change that to say:
"While all other credible opensource projects are gaining ground in a professional IT setting, the GIMP is being held back in the English speaking world because of the instant derogatory impact of the name. Gimp is a term in common culture that refers to a disabled person in a demeaning way." >> can you proove your claim? Sigh. Try googling "is gimp a derogatory term". If you read the sources at the first 10 hits and you still don't understand, then try the next 15000. Sven, coincidentally while I began to read your response I received a call from an engineering user here wanting to edit a scanned document with Paint or Photoshop. I can't justify the cost of photoshop for 100 desktops and paint is useless. I would install the GIMP software for him in a heartbeat if I didn't worry that he might be offended by the reference. Any corporate business environment has, or should have, this sense of decency. Roland; -----Original Message----- From: Sven Neumann [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, September 29, 2006 12:05 PM To: Roland Hordos Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Gimp-user] Please Change the Derogatory Name Hi, On Fri, 2006-09-29 at 06:54 -0600, Roland Hordos wrote: > While all other credible opensource projects are gaining ground in a > professional IT setting, the GIMP is being held back because of the > instant derogatory impact of the name. First of all, it's called "GIMP", not "the GIMP". Then, can you proove your claim? I very much doubt that you can because it's just FUD. For most people on this planet, GIMP doesn't have any special meaning. Sven _______________________________________________ Gimp-user mailing list [email protected] https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
