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On 3/24/2004 at 12:28 PM Chris Fowler wrote:

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

Right.  If they can sell it and honor their support agreement, no problem. 
If you too (or anyone else) want to sell packaged Gimp product for a lower
price, go for it.  Capitalism at its best.  I'm thinking gimpster.com?

Peace,
Robert~

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