Why Photoshop
More than once the topic of the fact that users do not want to change to free analogues of software products has already been raised.
Personally, I think this is due to two reasons: admins and literature.
Yes, the admins themselves are to blame.
Here is what software you have: Photoshop, Corel Draw, Pinnacle, SoundForge, AutoCAD, MathCAD, Mathlab, Nero, C ++ Builder / Delphi / RAD Studio, Visual Studio, MS Office , etc. And not just these products, but all sorts of Professional, Architect, Team System, Enterprise, Ultimate , etc. etc.
The overwhelming majority do not use the 10 part of the capabilities of these Professional, Architect, Team System, Enterprise, Ultimate , but it is necessary to put Professional, Architect, Team System, Enterprise, Ultimate .
The admin gets used to this and when asked to install Windows and applets, he puts it all in the same way on the thumb.
Then, using Photoshop at home, the user asks his admin to put it to him, since need to reduce the picture.
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I personally think that the user does not need to install "extra" software. Put only what they want and if they ask for something from Photoshop, Corel Draw, Pinnacle, SoundForge, AutoCAD, MathCAD, Mathlab, Nero, C ++ Builder / Delphi / RAD Studio, Visual Studio, clarify for what and try to convince and put a decent substitute from the category of freeware .
Many put Total Commander, Far Manager , etc. - What for? What is such an ordinary user can not do in Explorer ?
Starting with Vista (I don’t know how it was with XP ) it’s very easy to write files to disk and you don’t need to install anything from Nero for this operation that is not frequent, you can also use the built-in tools to view pictures very convenient in Paint , for this there is Paint .Net and other products.
This unifies user actions, because he can use these techniques on any computer and any operating system where there is a GUI.
And installing the file Total Commander / Far, ACDSee, Nero , etc. only limit the user, because if he becomes a little standard software, then it will be possible to offer him something more advanced.
The man wanted to correct the picture, rivet the film from the film made at the birthday party of his child, etc. He is an intelligent man and understands that this requires knowledge, and knowledge in books. He goes to the bookstore and sees books from the category: Video editing for dummies, Photography for dummies, etc.
In these books, the authors consider just Photoshop, Pinnacle, Adobe Premier, etc. The read user wants of course Photoshop, because He read how to reduce the image in it, and not how to do it in Paint .Net, GIMP, etc., especially he does not know about them.
Of course, if he had to roll off $ 800 for Photoshop, he would hardly have used it.
Well, programming is the same. The books describe Visual Studio with at least the editions of Professional, Delphi / C ++ Builder Architect, etc. etc. For a beginner, Visual Studio in the Express edition is enough.
Turning to the admins and those who are “stuffing” software users' computers: do not put too much, quite an ordinary user can get by with what is already in the system.
Turning to the authors of books and articles on the Internet, try to consider and freeware software or at least indicate freeware analogues of the products in question.
upd: with this topic I wanted to tell you not that everyone needs to be on freeware , but that it is better to use software suitable for the tasks, of course, it’s better if it is freeware .
Personally, I think this is due to two reasons: admins and literature.
Admins
Yes, the admins themselves are to blame.
Here is what software you have: Photoshop, Corel Draw, Pinnacle, SoundForge, AutoCAD, MathCAD, Mathlab, Nero, C ++ Builder / Delphi / RAD Studio, Visual Studio, MS Office , etc. And not just these products, but all sorts of Professional, Architect, Team System, Enterprise, Ultimate , etc. etc.
The overwhelming majority do not use the 10 part of the capabilities of these Professional, Architect, Team System, Enterprise, Ultimate , but it is necessary to put Professional, Architect, Team System, Enterprise, Ultimate .
The admin gets used to this and when asked to install Windows and applets, he puts it all in the same way on the thumb.
Then, using Photoshop at home, the user asks his admin to put it to him, since need to reduce the picture.
')
I personally think that the user does not need to install "extra" software. Put only what they want and if they ask for something from Photoshop, Corel Draw, Pinnacle, SoundForge, AutoCAD, MathCAD, Mathlab, Nero, C ++ Builder / Delphi / RAD Studio, Visual Studio, clarify for what and try to convince and put a decent substitute from the category of freeware .
Many put Total Commander, Far Manager , etc. - What for? What is such an ordinary user can not do in Explorer ?
Starting with Vista (I don’t know how it was with XP ) it’s very easy to write files to disk and you don’t need to install anything from Nero for this operation that is not frequent, you can also use the built-in tools to view pictures very convenient in Paint , for this there is Paint .Net and other products.
This unifies user actions, because he can use these techniques on any computer and any operating system where there is a GUI.
And installing the file Total Commander / Far, ACDSee, Nero , etc. only limit the user, because if he becomes a little standard software, then it will be possible to offer him something more advanced.
Literature
The man wanted to correct the picture, rivet the film from the film made at the birthday party of his child, etc. He is an intelligent man and understands that this requires knowledge, and knowledge in books. He goes to the bookstore and sees books from the category: Video editing for dummies, Photography for dummies, etc.
In these books, the authors consider just Photoshop, Pinnacle, Adobe Premier, etc. The read user wants of course Photoshop, because He read how to reduce the image in it, and not how to do it in Paint .Net, GIMP, etc., especially he does not know about them.
Of course, if he had to roll off $ 800 for Photoshop, he would hardly have used it.
Well, programming is the same. The books describe Visual Studio with at least the editions of Professional, Delphi / C ++ Builder Architect, etc. etc. For a beginner, Visual Studio in the Express edition is enough.
Appeals
Turning to the admins and those who are “stuffing” software users' computers: do not put too much, quite an ordinary user can get by with what is already in the system.
Turning to the authors of books and articles on the Internet, try to consider and freeware software or at least indicate freeware analogues of the products in question.
upd: with this topic I wanted to tell you not that everyone needs to be on freeware , but that it is better to use software suitable for the tasks, of course, it’s better if it is freeware .
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/83598/
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