Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 11th Oct 2005 20:24 UTC, submitted by ac
"Xara is pleased to announce that it intends to make its flagship graphics product, Xara X, open oource. Xara is also working to bring it to the Linux and Mac platforms. Xara X is the world's fastest and we believe the most versatile graphics software. It's primarily a vector graphics program but is one of the new generation of cross-over products that handles photos and drawings with equal ease."
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Member since:Xara X is a wonderful program. Wonderful wonderful wonderful. I used it since its CorelXara 1.0 days (found a CD in a bargain bin; best $5 I ever spent, considering that it would have been $80 if shrinkwrapped) and it's just got better and better. It was antialiased, yet lightning-fast on my 486 with 16 MB of RAM. And as for features -- well, I'm in love with Inkscape too, but Xara X is a more mature program, having been around for a while. It uses its own proprietary format, which (if you're obsessed about open formats) could be a liability, but this format allows you to do yummy stuff like edge blur.
It also knocks the socks off of Illustrator and CorelDRAW. Not quite as many features, but ten times more intuitive to use.
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Does anyone know how this compares to Inkscape?