Comment on Ask HN: Web designers: do you consider Adobe CS5 necessary?parentComments−katiebenOP15yHmm, what do you mean by lock-in?I've tried GIMP, but the maddening UI you mentioned just isn't worth the frustration to me..−whiterabbit15yIt's not possible to read a CS5 PSD with CS3. If you don't follow Adobe's upgrade path you're out of business (which means a great opportunity for GIMP).http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vendor_lock-in
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Hmm, what do you mean by lock-in?
I've tried GIMP, but the maddening UI you mentioned just isn't worth the frustration to me..
It's not possible to read a CS5 PSD with CS3. If you don't follow Adobe's upgrade path you're out of business (which means a great opportunity for GIMP).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vendor_lock-in