On: How to Compete Against Open Source Competition

[req2]

UI friendliness on the scale of perfect vision to blind. The more unfriendly Gimp seems, the more natural the hyperbole.

[nollidge → req2]

I see what you're saying, but that's not the point of hyperbole. He's just saying it's terrible, not trying to quantify it.

If I said that some band "sounds worse than a dying giraffe", are you going to ask me how much worse it sounds, or what the giraffe is dying of?

[req2 → nollidge]

Ah, oops. That's not what I'm saying.

If you disagree with the basis of the hyperbole (i.e., that Gimp's UI is bad), the rest of the conversation derails, as seen with a few comments posted here. If you agree, then it fits and nothing goes wrong.

If you recommended listening to new band A instead of my preferred band B, I might listen to new band A. If you recommend new band A after saying my preferred band B sounds worse than a dying giraffe, I will probably be okay presuming I wouldn't enjoy new band A.

(I would, however, say that band C sounds like two dying giraffes, band D like a sick weasel, and band E like a happy songbird with bronchitis.)

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Ah, OK. I do see what you're saying. At the same time, it's not really possible to come with an example that everyone's going to agree with. The author's point should still stand - regardless of how you feel about GIMP specifically, surely you've felt the same about some other app before.