The overlap is large enough for GIMP and Krita and Inkscape and dozens of other free software tools to exist. There's overlap between competent C programmers a

The overlap is large enough for GIMP and Krita and Inkscape and dozens of other free software tools to exist. There's overlap between competent C programmers and accountants (GNUCash, ledger, hledger), and between competent C programmers and lawyers, and between competent C programmers and typesetters, and between competent C programmers and desktop publishers, and between competent C programmers and the target audience for every other open source tool. It seems easier to assume that it just isn't a big deal. I don't really understand the issue myself, but it seems like the simplest explanation. It would be strange for this to be the one random area where 'competent C or C++ programmer' and 'domain expert' doesn't have an overlap. I mean maybe there's a pattern here with some other areas that lack good free software? I don't know. People complain about other 'creative' software lacking good free software tools but I think that's usually due to a lack of familiarity rather than a lack of quality in the software itself. Creatives seem to be more bothered by UI they're not used to than others are.