Adobe's View on GIMP

Are you {Profanity removed] with me? Trevor.Dennis if i was a mod i would actually give you a warning for ban right now.

I'm very real, you can find me on my facebook [Link removed]

I dare you be a man repeat those words in my face!

I never imagined such insolence in these forums i have high respect for Adobe Designer community as a whole.

How do i do that?

gener7​ I'm very grateful for you digging up that for me.

Yet still i only see a comparison of quality -- that is totally NOT what interests me.

From what i imagine given the posts though - Adobe doesn't care about gimp one bit.
But that is only a judgement on my part.
I'm 100000% sure they HAVE a very developed opinion on the matter.

I was in charge of a business not long ago myself. And since i was the main active manager/organizer/everything there i can tell you this: If someone regardless be it a client or outside person asks me what i think about some of our competiton -- i will reply very respectfully and as short as possible. And i will avoid any qualifications or judgements on my part.
HOWEVER if they really inquire about it in a friendly chat -- man i can speak A LOT about the competition. Its not the best thing to do online publicaly for a magazine, sure -- but trust me: Anyone actively involved in business KNOWS its surrounding players SO F*CKING well they can write an ESSAY on the matter.
Of course the bigger the company the stricker the Terms and Conditions / EULA on these parts..

...but i was sincerely hoping for just a friendly comment/clarification, not a real statement, you know.

@postrophe
Yes, and i do not argue about the difference of usability. To me photoshop will always be a king, i grew with it using the CS6 & 7 versions and of lately i started buying myself the CC monthly version out of respect towards Adobe (although i f-king hate your Linux policy, people!! Buuut karma hits you back on that front.)

However dont you think that GIMP is just a knock-off ripp-off of photoshop for free?
Doesnt ADOBE see it that way?
Do they condemn it?
Or are they okay with it?
Or do they welcome it?

Yeah but i'm still curious.

Example -- Gates and Jobs COULD've said about products of one another's companies that were highly... unethical... stolen... wrong... a copy..
But instead they actually choose to welcome the competition AND the whole influence of one another.
They actually supported each other in the "back-end".

On the other hand there are companies who have really spent years developing something and RIGHTFULLY hunt down thieves, copy-cats and overall competition that STEALS their ideas... the same ones that the company fought, developed and stood for so long.

So i was wondering if Adobe sees GIMP as a lower-class yet proper alternative OR does she treat it as some user-mock-up type of lame excuse to try and steal their ideas under the GNU license.

Trust me, the reason why i want to know is very strong and important one, and has absolutely 0% connection to any legal/official position here.

I'm very inspired by his character (and of Bill Gates as well) and i must say that since he's gone the apple went rotten (quite the pun).

However i still do not get the connection from either this post or the one before about what i asked.

I do believe Steve went way to early, we need him right now in this age of technology, progress,, A.I., even better and faster productions.
But it is what it is. We could view it as that he did his job way to splendid already...

BUT I would appreciate if someone really dug me up on the question of Adobe and Gimp

Well i actually think it would be okay for some admin or mod to do so. I've seen adobe comment on such occasions and i do believe they're good enough people to care from time to time (helloooooooooo)

Also i was actually hoping if some user here knows if they HAVE already spoke on the matter... although i did a deep google search, i believe there are far more informed and smart people here than me!!

I should, by the way, make it absolutely clear that I do not work for Adobe and do not know anything whatever about their views on the subject raised. It is because of this that I am free to comment. I am also not a lawyer and nothing I said should be taken as legal advice.

I have to kindly disagree about this guys. You see:

First I had an ADOBE chat support agent tell me that THIS is the place to ask.

Second i have to make a disclaimer - THIS IS NOT INTENDED to be an OFFICIAL answer/statement and my question DOES NOT hold any legal or official weight for its answer.

By asking my question and thread here i hereby relieve Adobe from all and any legal attachments or official formalities regarding my inquiry.

I only want to know their OPINION and VIEW on the matter, NOT their policy on the matter!

I am quite certain no Adobe staff would offer a public opinion in a legal matter. Nor are they likely to discuss the merits or competitive ststud of competing products. Such matters are sensitive and publicly listed companies have limitations on freedom of discussion outside their stockholder channels too. Simply, you ask too much.