Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2000 15:02:58 -0600 From: "G. Adam Stanislav" <adam@whizkidtech.net> To: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: On "intelligent people" and "dangers to BSD" Message-ID: <3.0.6.32.20000317150258.00a362f0@mail85.pair.com> In-Reply-To: <4.2.2.20000317134301.00b5ae20@localhost> References: <3.0.6.32.20000317142138.00af7940@mail85.pair.com> <20000317201500.B20791@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> <4.2.2.20000317124248.00b5bc10@localhost> <4.2.2.20000317090329.041ccde0@localhost> <Pine.BSF.4.20.0003172221550.1530-100000@theory1.physics.ii sc.ernet.in> <4.2.2.20000317124248.00b5bc10@localhost>
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At 13:44 17-03-2000 -0700, Brett Glass wrote: >You're a saint. Hehe. It's a job. And I do like helping others. It also keeps my mind off bits and bytes every so often, so I don't forget my humanity. :) >True. The trick, as I see it, is to add value in a way that is difficult >for someone like Stallman to undermine. I have some ideas for that.... >Interested in becoming part of a new company? I might be. Though I am determined to make it on my own very fast now. I have worked on some image editing routines for a couple of years, written in pute assembly language. I have created a suite of Photoshop plug-ins that use them (still in beta), and will offer two versions: A free one for anyone to grab, and a "pro" one available to those who register. Yes, I believe this has an added value that Stallman cannot undermine: It is in assembly language, so it is very fast and requires very little memory. It is for Windows only at this time, but I coded it in NASM syntax with ifedfs included, so once it is fully tested, I can reassemble it for FreeBSD as well. Another added value, which stems from the first, is that it contains many effects, virtually unlimited, so I can market a single Photoshop plug-in that can produce thousands of different effects. I have resisted the temptation of splitting it up into a number of plug-ins and marketing each separately. That might bring me more money, but I am only interested in making a decent living, not necessarily in milking as much as possible. Cheers, Adam To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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