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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: K abiword port
From:       Uwe Thiem <uwe () uwix ! alt ! na>
Date:       1999-05-24 12:18:17
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On Mon, 24 May 1999, Torsten Rahn wrote:

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> > may want to ask abisoft on their opinion regarding a port first. Last time I
> > ported the gimp to KDE, I got some heavy critisicm, mainly from Scott Goehring, 
> > president of http://www.wilberworks.com/ . The reason is obvious: they want
> > to earn money with support and customization, a better and therefore easier
> > useable and customizable GIMP will harm their business. They same _may_ apply to
> 
> If I remember correctly a KDE- and a GNOME-compile-option would have
> been 
> accepted ...
> In spite of having used this program for a long time now: *please* have
> mercy!
> Anyone, please restart the KIMP-project -- I really hate this crappy 
> GIMP-user-interface ...

It isn't just the interface. GIMP itself is a poor hack. Try to use it
on a 64bit box. It won't survive 20 secs.

Uwe

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