[ale] WinGIMP.com selling 'packaged versions' of GIMP 2.0 forWindows

[cfowler at outpostsentinel.com (Chris Fowler)]

If they are offering support + distribution then I do not see what the
problem is.

On Wed, 2004-03-24 at 12:21, Preston Boyington wrote:
> Sigmascape1 at cs.com wrote:
> : Hi!
> : 
> : I found out that the GIMP 2 has been released. I am going to
> : update my Linux machines soon with this release, but I also
> : wanted to find a packaged Windows executable to load on some
> : other machines. I went to WinGIMP.com. Big mistake. WinGIMP
> : is selling 'packaged versions of GIMP 2 for Windows for
> : $79.95! There has never been a time when I thought charging
> : for a CD or packaged version of GNU software was
> : inappropriate, but $79.95??? I was thinking $4.95 or some
> : other reasonable price, but this is not good. WinGIMP is also
> : offering an 'upgrade' for $29.95 and other package pricing.
> : For a while now, I have noticed this site selling GIMP, and
> : that is fine, but who would pay this amount of money?
> : 
> : What do you guys think about this?
> : 
> : Mitch
> 
> predators are everywhere.  i group this in the same catagory as the people charging $2.00 a bottle for filtered tap water.
> 
> preston
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