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Path: ...!news.roellig-ltd.de!open-news-network.org!weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: rbowman <bowman@montana.com> Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: GIMP 3.0.0-RC1 Date: 11 Jan 2025 20:00:07 GMT Lines: 21 Message-ID: <lug0u7FotnoU3@mid.individual.net> References: <vkjmdg$30kff$1@dont-email.me> <lto9qbFso18U3@mid.individual.net> <slrnvnegk1.2cl6d.lars@cleo.beagle-ears.com> <8b262a1f-507f-ef10-e4d3-a981dca5b7d1@example.net> <vl8jdq$3st6d$1@dont-email.me> <vl8jul$3sqfa$4@dont-email.me> <vl8otk$3splv$3@dont-email.me> <vl8qm7$3u6t2$1@dont-email.me> <vl93dl$3vkun$1@dont-email.me> <vl9449$3vo6h$3@dont-email.me> <vl9aov$pp7$1@dont-email.me> <vla4hr$5n4v$1@dont-email.me> <vlblqj$harb$1@dont-email.me> <lttopaFoh2cU8@mid.individual.net> <vle8uk$12sii$2@dont-email.me> <c686fb74-4fac-0809-7005-417c76ee0e3b@example.net> <nbReP.633803$oR74.271654@fx16.iad> <2e17ec15-582f-5a71-84e5-d4d490274270@example.net> <vlj20k$25740$9@dont-email.me> <7454fa51-3534-2584-2197-90613efb2091@example.net> <XPSdnbpbLvJvxeL6nZ2dnZfqnPGdnZ2d@earthlink.com> <vloss6$3e1r9$5@dont-email.me> <vlp4pc$3fpg0$7@dont-email.me> <vlpc44$3h48e$4@dont-email.me> <vlqi4a$3sp5m$2@dont-email.me> <ludkg3Fcu8aU4@mid.individual.net> <vltmrd$jnea$2@dont-email.me> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net aR3fOI5be5JEcVAbopy5DA4oRxiizQCrEd92Tb43PIQ6Aq0ENO Cancel-Lock: sha1:jCIR8KLpJX+WsCMTTyGn+vNdGKU= sha256:tt+VcRepqS9e72Voht2BrFn2L6xJpieaqQjVsWZSqPQ= User-Agent: Pan/0.155 (Kherson; fc5a80b8) Bytes: 2616 On Sat, 11 Jan 2025 12:06:05 +0000, The Natural Philosopher wrote: > On 10/01/2025 22:15, rbowman wrote: >> On Fri, 10 Jan 2025 07:27:06 +0000, The Natural Philosopher wrote: >> >>> The natural tendency in a free market is that the best technology >>> rises to the top, becomes ubiquitous, and everybody uses it. Diversity >>> in technology is not desirable,. Diversity in its application is, >>> somewhat. >> >> Like natural selection I would say an adequate technology rises to the >> top, not always the best. > > Well it depends on what 'best' applies to. > > Take VHS - technically inferior to Betamax but best marketed. I had that in mind -- along with the 8088 processors and MSDOS. IBM had used the 8085 in the System 23 so were familiar with Intel and wanted to use readily available and inexpensive 8-bit peripherals in a product they didn't really believe in. And here we are.