Time to stick a fork in the GIMP?

Some people like the GIMP, the open source community’s answer to Adobe Photoshop, but a recent survey by Novell showed that Photoshop is one of the top three applications Linux users want ported to their platform, which indicates the GIMP may not be meeting the needs of Linux users. Designers’ efforts to improve the GIMP have failed in the past. Maybe now is the time for a more radical approach.

Some great points are made here, and I agree with most of them. The primary reason I prefer Photoshop over the GIMP is definitely the interface. Open source is usually preferred over closed source, but I’m thinking that Photoshop may be an exception. Check out the full posting at NewsForge.