On 17 April 2012 20:14, joseph seddon <life_is_bitter_sw...@hotmail.co.uk> wrote: > > I think that simply stating "If there is a reasonably well-developed open > source alternative, use it." isn't good enough. GIMP is a reasonably > well-developed open source alternative but its not fit for purpose as a > viable alternative for alot of publishing requirements. The standard just > isn't close enough to photoshop to be viably used with significantly > impinging on the quality of the work done by our staff as well as wasting > time trying to train staff up in entirely new pieces of software.
That last point is key - unless the open source software is superior to the standard, familiarity is likely to mean the standard is a better choice. Hence the selection of Windows over Linux. It's also worth noting that promotion of open-source software is not an Object of the charity. _______________________________________________ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
