Linux Format Magazine has an article on Inkscape http://www.linuxformat.co.uk/
It has a strange lead in, I think they must have a regular section for the Gimp or something because of the way it is presented in relation to the Gimp.
I only very quickly skim read the article (I'm not currently gainfully employed and have only pennies to my name) but it seemed favourable overall. I noted in particular that he found the user interface to be friendly. He mentions the Boolean operators and quotes one of the developers as having said that in the last while 'inkscape has improved 100%' (or suchlike).
The article was written by Michael J. Hammel who appears to also be the author of "Essential Gimp for Web Professionals" and owner of the site http://graphics-muse.com/ and this page http://freshmeat.net/~mjhammel/ (his connections to the Gimp would explain the odd context of the Inkscape article). Perhaps someone might contact him and encourage him to write more about Inkscape. (Recommend some topics and I might try my hand at writing an article about Inkscape if I had a place to start).
Sincerely
Alan Horkan http://advogato.org/person/AlanHorkan/