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   Snit to All   
   Re: Why Free Software Is Handicapped On    
   02 Jan 11 09:15:47   
   
   XPost: comp.os.linux.advocacy   
   From: usenet@gallopinginsanity.com   
      
   Lawrence D'Oliveiro stated in post ifpgco$g5r$3@lust.ihug.co.nz on 1/2/11   
   2:26 AM:   
      
   > In message , Snit wrote:   
   >   
   >> But there are also counter examples where OSS has not been able to produce   
   >> software that matches the closed source alternatives:   
   >>   
   >> * Photoshop (and the rest of the creative suite)   
   >   
   > Ah, the perennial example that everybody cites, but no one has actually   
   > used.   
   >   
   > Hands up all those with a legitimate, licensed copy of Photoshop...   
   >   
   Two hands up here.... have it *legally* on OS X and Windows in my VM.   
      
      
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