Re: [Gimp-user] GIMP - appalling name?

2007-06-25 Thread George Farris
On Mon, 2007-25-06 at 12:00 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > End this now. This subject comes up a few times every year, please end > > it now. For your enjoyment go search the GIMP archives if you want to > > read the exact same drivel you will read in this thread. > > > > STOP IT! > > >

Re: [Gimp-user] GIMP - appalling name?

2007-06-25 Thread John Meyer
George Farris wrote: > On Mon, 2007-25-06 at 01:09 -0700, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> Re: [Gimp-user] GIMP - appalling name? >> > > FOR THE LOVE OF GOD NOT AGAIN!!! PLEASE SPARE US. > > End this now. This subject comes up a few times every yea

Re: [Gimp-user] GIMP - appalling name?

2007-06-25 Thread George Farris
On Mon, 2007-25-06 at 01:09 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Re: [Gimp-user] GIMP - appalling name? FOR THE LOVE OF GOD NOT AGAIN!!! PLEASE SPARE US. End this now. This subject comes up a few times every year, please end it now. For your enjoyment go search the GIMP archives if you want

Re: [Gimp-user] GIMP - appalling name?

2007-06-25 Thread David Gowers
On 6/25/07, Brendan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sunday 24 June 2007, John Meyer wrote: > > somebody actually puts together some numbers we're going to continue to > > scratch our heads as to why the GIMP is not as well accepted as we think > > it should be. > > I won't be scratching my head and

Re: [Gimp-user] GIMP - appalling name?

2007-06-25 Thread Brendan
On Sunday 24 June 2007, John Meyer wrote: > somebody actually puts together some numbers we're going to continue to > scratch our heads as to why the GIMP is not as well accepted as we think > it should be. I won't be scratching my head and wondering. I know why. Just a chunk of the mailing list

Re: [Gimp-user] GIMP - appalling name?

2007-06-24 Thread Bruce Bertrand
On Sun, 2007-06-24 at 16:06 +0200, Kim Johansson wrote: > Others are repelled by the user interface of the Gimp. And others are > confusing it with being an equivalent to MsPaint. I just don get this one. I find the user interface quite efficient and pleasant to use. Not that I doubt that some

Re: [Gimp-user] GIMP - appalling name?

2007-06-24 Thread Bruce Bertrand
On Sun, 2007-06-24 at 21:41 +0200, Kim Johansson wrote: > Some people only know the definition they learned from "Pulp fiction". > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gimp_%28sadomasochism%29 > > 2007/6/24, Jon Cosby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Kim Johansson wrote: > > Hello, > > >

Re: [Gimp-user] GIMP - appalling name?

2007-06-24 Thread John Meyer
Kim Johansson wrote: > Hello, > > In another topic on this list, the discussion went about the name > being offending and a problem when attracting new users and for the > users, the name could mean that they have a hard time attracting > clients. Here in Sweden, the name is just confusing for most

Re: [Gimp-user] GIMP - appalling name?

2007-06-24 Thread Kim Johansson
Some people only know the definition they learned from "Pulp fiction". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gimp_%28sadomasochism%29 2007/6/24, Jon Cosby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Kim Johansson wrote: > Hello, > > In another topic on this list, the discussion went about the name being > offending and a prob

[Gimp-user] GIMP - appalling name?

2007-06-24 Thread Kim Johansson
Hello, In another topic on this list, the discussion went about the name being offending and a problem when attracting new users and for the users, the name could mean that they have a hard time attracting clients. Here in Sweden, the name is just confusing for most people. In some irrelevant wa