Re: [Gimp-developer] Gimp certification

2006-05-14 Thread Bart
Mhm, at the Blender site there is not a certication, but there is a link section about professionals using GIMP: http://www.blender.org/cms/Professionals.156.0.html That is good to show that the software is not just for home use. The best certification is your references and quality of

Re: [Gimp-developer] Gimp certification

2006-05-14 Thread Campbell Barton
Carol Spears wrote: On Sat, May 13, 2006 at 08:21:50PM +0100, Alan Horkan wrote: On Sat, 13 May 2006, Joao S. O. Bueno Calligaris wrote: [...] Besides that, certifications are sometimes sought for those without the abilities or application to stand by themselves, either in their C.V.

Re: [Gimp-developer] Gimp certification

2006-05-14 Thread David Gómez
Hi Alan, On May 14 at 12:25:59, Alan Horkan wrote: In all seriousness I would not risk putting the word gimp anywhere on my CV and I have had funny reactions (funny weird, never funny ha ha) when explaining the GIMP to users not already familiar with it. Remember that not in all languages the

Re: [Gimp-developer] Gimp certification

2006-05-14 Thread Carol Spears
On Sun, May 14, 2006 at 12:25:59AM +0100, Alan Horkan wrote: On Sat, 13 May 2006, Carol Spears wrote: this is an interesting idea/observation. i wonder if you can clarify by either presenting a real life example of this or by stating clearly that this is what you imagine might happen.

Re: [Gimp-developer] Gimp connotations ?

2006-05-14 Thread Florent Monnier
In all seriousness I would not risk putting the word gimp anywhere on my CV and I have had funny reactions (funny weird, never funny ha ha) when explaining the GIMP to users not already familiar with it. Remember that not in all languages the gimp word has funny connotations, but only in

Re: [Gimp-developer] Gimp connotations ?

2006-05-14 Thread Roberto Winter
On 5/14/06, Florent Monnier [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In all seriousness I would not risk putting the word gimp anywhere on my CV and I have had funny reactions (funny weird, never funny ha ha) when explaining the GIMP to users not already familiar with it. Remember that not in all languages

Re: [Gimp-developer] Gimp certification

2006-05-14 Thread Carol Spears
On Fri, May 12, 2006 at 10:36:19PM -0700, Carol Spears wrote: On Sat, May 13, 2006 at 12:13:51AM -0500, Clarence Risher wrote: 1) What does GIMP stand for? 2) What does GNU stand for? 50% is a passing score. 100% qualifies for Advanced rating. heh, this is a problem test because

Re: [Gimp-developer] Gimp certification

2006-05-14 Thread David Gómez
Hi Alan, On May 14 at 04:40:47, Alan Horkan wrote: word. Point it is the name does cause embarassment to some who have to explain it to other English speakers more familiar with the other meanings Point is that people should worry less about names and more about software quality. Too much

Re: [Gimp-developer] Gimp connotations ?

2006-05-14 Thread Tim Jedlicka
Also, Gimp == cripple, pejorative (sometimes derogatory, insulting, bad) term for someone with a disability - i.e. After twisting his ankle, he sure is a gimp. ___ Gimp-developer mailing list Gimp-developer@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU