On Fri, 29 Aug 2014 09:44:05 -0600
Ken Springer <snowshed1@...3003...> wrote:
On 8/29/14 8:39 AM, Steve Litt wrote:
> On Thu, 28 Aug 2014 19:31:27 -0600
> Ken Springer <snowshed1@...3003...> wrote:
>
>
>> Back up a bit, it's not my file! LOL It's my friend that's
>> doing all this. She's not into newsgroups and mailing lists. :-)
>> Note I said as "large as PNG files can be". Initially this all
>> came about because she couldn't make PNG work, but it appears she
>> was doing something wrong somewhere, and PNG will work for her.
> >From my perspective, your friend's not a candidate for Inkscape,
> >or any
> free software: Especially any Linux/BSD/POSIX software. From
what
> I've heard in the thread, she believes her software should give her
> exactly what she wants, without her having to adapt to it. For a
> million different reasons, that's not how free software works: It's
> kinda sorta how commercial software works, or is supposed to work,
> but it's not how free software works. Trying to evangelize Inkscape
> or free software in general to a person with her belief system will
> be frustrating as hell, unless her belief system changes.
But, she's more broke than I am! LOL
Sounds to me like she'd better either get a better job, or change her
belief system. It sounds like, with her financial situation and her
belief system, she's in for a world of hurt.
SteveT
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