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Right.. so when a student enters the job market, expected to know how to use the software AND when they are suppose to use it in their courses at the top of the
by thejosh 13y ago
Right.. so when a student enters the job market, expected to know how to use the software AND when they are suppose to use it in their courses at the top of the list should be "GIMP"?
- frou_dh 13y agoNon-sequitur, and the wrong website to argue for such subservience to employers.
- pc86 13y agoSince when is being required to know a piece of software "subservience to employers?" Come on.
- frou_dh 13y agoWhen you're apparently so dependant on unspecific future favour that you're "forced" in to piracy without it being explicitly directed.
- pc86 13y agoYou must be a fun coworker.
- frou_dh 13y agoI've never been pressured in to pirating something for work so it's never come up.
- pc86 13y agoThat's not at all what the comments here are referring to. Adobe not going after students and hobbyists is an economic strategy. If you exclusively use Photoshop from age 18 to 23 and get a job as a graphic designer with a firm that uses something else, you are going to push for Photoshop. For the company to buy it. Nobody is talking about pirating software for business use, and certainly not forcing coworkers to do it.
- frou_dh 13y agoBoth the people I replied to implied that they have no choice but to pirate (first for a hobby then switcharooed to a career). I don't particularly care about Adobe's machinations and was commenting on the weak attitudes on display.
- fnordfnordfnord 13y agoCampus computer labs have the software installed. Also, student discounts, (still not cheap). I know that's not ideal. None of that solves the real problem of lack of competition in the space, and the resultant fact that industry uses Adobe and colleges teach what industry uses. Which makes a nice little positive feedback loop that is hard to overcome.
- tomrod 13y agoThey might do better to open a GIMP shop, and hire other students who do GIMP. Why do graphic designers need to only be employees?