it's very possible that gimp might not be able to cut it for a lot of creative professionals, especially if they already have a lot of process and money investe

it's very possible that gimp might not be able to cut it for a lot of creative professionals, especially if they already have a lot of process and money invested in the adobe stack. it's definitely my experience that a lot of more of my professional/creative friends rely on photoshop than gimp. with this latest push to 2.8, i'd say the gimp folks still have a bit of kick in them and it's hard to argue with their licensing strategy. since the latter is what the original article was addressing, offering up the gimp as a good alternative seemed prudent. and, possibly, if facing a situation where i couldn't get photoshop licenesed over the weekend, it seems gimp would do in a pinch.