On 8 Dec 2004 at 16:34, John Francis wrote: > Then look at the size of open-source projects that try and do what > PhotoShop (to continue using that example) is doing. Image Magick, > Graphics Magick, and the Gimp have had a lot of development effort > invested, but they still don't come close to what PhotoShop can do. > Even if you add in some of the popular shareware (VueScan, say, and > one of the thumbnail cataloguing programs) you're still a long way > behind full PhotoShop.
And I bought VueScan quite a few years back and I have rights to perpetual upgrades, great value. I went to upgrade my copy of PS to CS to find that I can't buy the US$169 product, I have to buy the Aussie version (the same DL file, nothing physical) for only AU$399 (US$300+), fair? I've also owned ThumbsPlus since early V3, I've paid for upgrades along the way and I've even had a few of my suggestions implemented in new versions, again I'm happy to pay. Stealing something that's copyright protected is wrong, no question. I wonder how much code in a lot of these big apps has been acquired via dubious paths? Cheers, Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications/ Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998
