On 10/14/07, Rony <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > jtd wrote: > > On Friday 12 October 2007 18:10, vivek khurana wrote: > > > >> On 10/12/07, jtd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > >>> [...] > CSS is paid software so the software company always has the sword > hanging over its head and users can criticise it, curse it, holler at > the makers till they come up with better upgrades. Libre software is > like free accommodation in an Ashram. Life in the ashram is dull and > placid, with no social interaction but those who cannot afford their own > accommodation have no choice than to live there. The ashram authorities > feel they have already done a great job so no improvisation is needed > and they punish anyone who complains. When libre software comes out of > its ashram mentality and caters to the industry, it will automatically > become popular and leave CSS far behind. Till then at least lets accept > facts as they are. > Yep. Lets accept the facts. Actually what i wrote in an earlier post in this thread was that Inkscape is _comparable_ to Illustrator and not _equivalent_. I believe there's a difference. Also, I believe unless there's a business motive driving the development of this software, it might never reach a level where it can be called _equivalent_ to the CSS which are today used by the industry at large. And by the way, those who *hate* CSS so much that they feel enraged at the mere mention of it should reconsider! It will take considerable time and effort for an OSS to at least reach the level of quality thats delivered by Adobe and Autodesk! Afterall, there are people who pay amounts of the order of thousands of dollars for a single software license to these companies. That proves their efficacy. And before further comments on these companies I would request you to go to their websites and check out their news releases, company's history, and the efficacy of their software. Nevertheless, hating a CSS vendor or a CSS, for that matter, won't serve our purpose; contributing to the OSS development to the level they do, might!! However, one thing that nags me really hard is that even though there is such a huge Linux user community, why aren't softwares like Flash, Photoshop, 3Ds Max, etc available for Linux? Has the Linux community totally closed their doors for CSS, even if its perfect value for money? [not talking about MSO! ;) ] Oops, i guess thats too much of OT there.. Temptations of recycling! :D
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