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I'm (legitimately) curious which proprietary programs you think are indispensable? Really the only one I can name is Photoshop/Illustrator, and for those I thin

by djacobs 15y ago

I'm (legitimately) curious which proprietary programs you think are indispensable? Really the only one I can name is Photoshop/Illustrator, and for those I think people use Wine.

batista 15y ago
Depending on your job LOTS of proprietary programs are indispensable. Not necessarily just one though, they could be 2-3 proprietary options that have absolutely nothing competitive in OSS land. (If people use Wine for some of them, its beside the point: that only re-inforces they do find them indispensable. Not to mention that very few pros use Wine for their work, and that Wine doesn't work 100% glitch free). As for what programs I think. Well, • Photoshop is one of them, sure. GIMP misses a lot still that professional graphic designers need and use everyday, especially in it's CMYK workflow. Same for Illustrator. • InDesign (or Quark for some) is also indispensable. The only OSS competitor, Scribus, is not even close. • Programs to design and edit fonts. Nothing with the breadth/ease of the few commercial options. • Logic/Cubase/Sonar/Live/Pro Tools are also indispensable. Nothing comparable to OSS. Same for the multitude of pro quality plugins, from Waves to UAD. • Premiere/Avid/FCP(X) etc. Video in OSS land is a royal pain, and nothing of the short and extend of those programs exist. So, graphic design/dtp/video/music/sound (anything media/multimedia in short) is a no go. And I think not only in the high end, but also in the everyday consumer space. GIMP does't have the ease of use of Photoshop Elements. Nor is there something as powerful but simple as Premiere Elements or iMovie. Something as simple as editing your daughter's birthday video and adding one two effects and titles can be a world of pain. Tons of other things, from big to small, like CD labeling or card-making software with hundreds of templates to pick. Lots of other things I guess, but as they are not exactly in my workflow, I don't know about them. Is there Mathematica/Matlab for example? or Autocad? What's the state of 3D modelers? etc.

by djacobs 15y ago

I'm (legitimately) curious which proprietary programs you think are indispensable? Really the only one I can name is Photoshop/Illustrator, and for those I think people use Wine.

batista 15y ago

Depending on your job LOTS of proprietary programs are indispensable. Not necessarily just one though, they could be 2-3 proprietary options that have absolutely nothing competitive in OSS land. (If people use Wine for some of them, its beside the point: that only re-inforces they do find them indispensable. Not to mention that very few pros use Wine for their work, and that Wine doesn't work 100% glitch free). As for what programs I think. Well, • Photoshop is one of them, sure. GIMP misses a lot still that professional graphic designers need and use everyday, especially in it's CMYK workflow. Same for Illustrator. • InDesign (or Quark for some) is also indispensable. The only OSS competitor, Scribus, is not even close. • Programs to design and edit fonts. Nothing with the breadth/ease of the few commercial options. • Logic/Cubase/Sonar/Live/Pro Tools are also indispensable. Nothing comparable to OSS. Same for the multitude of pro quality plugins, from Waves to UAD. • Premiere/Avid/FCP(X) etc. Video in OSS land is a royal pain, and nothing of the short and extend of those programs exist. So, graphic design/dtp/video/music/sound (anything media/multimedia in short) is a no go. And I think not only in the high end, but also in the everyday consumer space. GIMP does't have the ease of use of Photoshop Elements. Nor is there something as powerful but simple as Premiere Elements or iMovie. Something as simple as editing your daughter's birthday video and adding one two effects and titles can be a world of pain. Tons of other things, from big to small, like CD labeling or card-making software with hundreds of templates to pick. Lots of other things I guess, but as they are not exactly in my workflow, I don't know about them. Is there Mathematica/Matlab for example? or Autocad? What's the state of 3D modelers? etc.