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Robert Smits wrote: > On Thursday 21 December 2006 17:39, lists wrote: >> Brendan wrote: >>> On Monday 18 December 2006 19:52, lists wrote: >>>> Carter castor wrote: >>>>> This goes right to the heart of my biggest complaint about GIMP >>>>> though: its name. I don't understand why the developers would put so >>>>> much time and hard work into creating a program as professional as >>>>> GIMP and then name it after a slang word for a disabled person. How >>>>> do you sell that to a corporation? How do you market that? The >>>>> people in business suits are going to chose a program named Photoshop >>>>> over Gimp 11 times out of 10. >>>> Oh my God, let's not start this again. It's an acronym, get over it. >>> Oh wait, Geoffrey says "Get over it". Everybody with an opinion or actual >>> relevent facts, forget it. Geoffrey said so. >> If you'll check the bloody archives, you'll see this same subject has >> been discussed ad nauseam more then once. So, before you post, research >> the archives before wasting a bunch of bandwidth on a horse that's been >> beat to death. Jerk. > > Whether you like it or not, I suspect that the subject will keep coming up > because the name offends the sensibilities of a lot of potential users. > > Now I know that the name is an acronym, and I don't believe those who chose > the name did so with any intent to offend, or even to be humourous. I suspect > they didn't think all that much about the name at all. For many handicapped > people, however calling one of them a "GIMP" is as offensive as calling a gay > person a "faggot". > > Most of us who are now on the list will have seen the discussion wax and > wane, > but in a month or two, someone else will come to the list and make the same > observation, and predictably someone will have the intolerance to tell them > to get over it, and that we've had the discussion. > > I really do think we need to find a better, less offensive name for GIMP, and > the sooner the better, so that we can put energy into supporting it, and > doing whatever we can to extend it's use instead of periodically having this > disagreement. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Gimp-user mailing list > Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU > https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.432 / Virus Database: 268.15.26/600 - Release Date: 23-Dec-06 > 4:47 PM _______________________________________________ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
