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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 19th Feb 2008 23:57 UTC, submitted by Jeff Moore

Google is funding work to ensure the Windows version of Adobe Systems' Photoshop and other Creative Suite software can run on Linux computers. "We hired CodeWeavers to make Photoshop CS and CS2 work better under Wine," Dan Kegel, of Google's software engineering team and the Wine 1.0 release manager, said on Google's open-source blog. "Photoshop is one of those applications that desktop Linux users are constantly clamoring for, and we're happy to say they work pretty well now... We look forward to further improvements in this area."

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RE[2]: Good but...

by emerson999 on Wed 20th Feb 2008 08:14 UTC in reply to "RE: Good but..."

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Otherwise, they'd do as you suggest and fund GIMP et al. But that would have the unintended consequence of helping Apple, which isn't in Google's interest, either.

Most mac users Iv'e known, and artists in particular, seem to hate using gtk apps in osx. It's possible my experiences might not be typical, but for what it is, even a gimp with more features than photoshop wouldn't temp them away as long as it was gtk based.

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