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Yep. There's a reason that the GIMP project also spawned one of the most widely-used graphical abstraction layers in desktop computing history.
by slondr 8y ago
Yep. There's a reason that the GIMP project also spawned one of the most widely-used graphical abstraction layers in desktop computing history.
- blattimwind 8y agoUnless you count all Windows frameworks as just Windows that seems like a stretch. Also the reason is "A small company misjudged how to-the-letter-of-the-law GPL developers were", perhaps with a sprinkle of "some people rather maim C than using anything else".
- pantalaimon 8y agoI think what GP referes to is that Gimp started the GimpToolKit, otherwise known as GTK which is the foundation of Gnome.
- blattimwind 8y agoYes and I'm referring to Win32, WinForms, WPF, UWP/WinUI, Cocoa and Qt are very likely more widely deployed. Though even the last place of the commonly used frameworks is still relatively widely used.