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Paint Dot Net - Photoshop Replacement

Posted on Jan. 22, 2007 at 08:33 AM

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I made a neat discovery over the holidays. It's the free open source graphics program Paint Dot Net.

This package only runs on the Windows platform.

It's got a great looking interface, a bit slicker than my old graphics friend the Gimp. Both programs deserve a place on any Windows hard drive.

You could spend hundreds and hundreds on Adobe Photoshop. Or you could get Paint Dot Net for free here.

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A very significant factor was that the software was all (what we now call) open source. It spread fast, and could be improved fast--and it could be installed within government and large industry without having to go through a procurement process.

Sir Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the World Wide Web discussing why the Web grew so large so quickly.

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