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Honest to gods, this conversation happened today, and it may have cost me a job opportunity. The customer was super impressed with my menu design and animation, and wanted to know who we got it from. When I said I did it, their face lit up! Too bad as soon as i said GIMP, they weren't interested anymore. Has anyone else experienced this? What do you say in similar situations?

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[-] A_norny_mousse@piefed.zip 18 points 1 day ago

Why not rename it to Linux Image Manipulation Program?

Oh, wait...

Ok, then just Image Manipulation Program?

... oh shit.

[-] idyllic@leminal.space 1 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago)

Can this work?

  • GLAM: GNU / Linux imAge Manipulation
  • GLIDE: GNU/Linux Image DEvelopment

Or like Krita, no acronym whatsoever - just a cool name

[-] darklamer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 hours ago

Or like Krita, no acronym whatsoever - just a cool name

Really? I see no reason for why the people who care too much what other meanings a name could possibly have shouldn't reject also that name on some ridiculous ground, like for example that it sounds childish "this is serious work, I won't do it with crayons like a child" or that the Ku Klux Klan used to be famous for using the letter K so there surely must be some connection there or any other insane imagined connection.

[-] idyllic@leminal.space 1 points 17 minutes ago

Lol, I suppose. One should stand their grounds and be proud of what they use. And if someone has a false impression of me because of that, correct it obviously and move on. Let them know that we aren't as superficial as having names/words being held against us; that's extremely judgmental.

[-] qarbone@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago

LIMP and IMP aren't even moving the proverbial scale on "weird name".

[-] Rooster326@programming.dev 6 points 1 day ago

It's Linux so why not

Simple Open Creative Kit Software

[-] 8uurg@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago

SOCKS as an abbreviation is already in use for a proxy server protocol. ;)

[-] LiveLM@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 day ago

GNU Image Editor, GIE.
Wonder if that's offensive in any language.

[-] Nikelui@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago
[-] Jankatarch@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

When they make a non-GPL alternative to GIMP for the FreeBSD it will be called IMP.

It's an unofficially reserved name.

[-] A_A@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

short form of "~~important~~", "~~impressive~~", "~~improve~~", "~~impeccable~~", "imp...?"

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