>>1 while the gimp can be used to create art, i'd recommend it be used for fixing up images such as photographs, fixing up artwork created by other programs or to make interesting looking patterns. www.gimp.org

>>13
what do you want gimp to be? a complete photoshop clone? for the gimp to have photoshop's intuitiveness?

>>some free software is free if your time has little value

I hear this arguement a lot about free software. free part of the gimp is supposed to mean that the gimp's licence permits certain freedoms that most proprietry licences do not. the fact that you are able to aquire a copy of gimp at no cost is because there are people willing to provide copies for no cost.