Just today I read that Jasc, Inc. famed maker of PaintShop Pro has
sold out to Corel, Inc. - not-so-famed maker of relatively unknown
software (at least to me :) )

Sad is that this sell-out may affect current users of PSP and related
products in a negative way. Although the FAQs state Corel will
continue to support the PSP product line, it would  not be the first
time that a buyer of a company fabricates and lies to lure users of
the current product into a new line of products.

I actually belive it's more likely Corel will 'delete' PSP and compile
features of PSP into its own program, called PhotoPaint.

Right now, I'd hold-off on purchasing any further products from JASC,
as these may soon become worthless.

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"Manfred Eikel · eikeldesign.com" <manfred.eikel@sbcglobal.net> wrote in
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> Right now, I'd hold-off on purchasing any further products from JASC,
> as these may soon become worthless.


So you are under the impression that Jasc products will cease to function?
LOL

Leon wrote:
> "Manfred Eikel · eikeldesign.com"
> <manfred.eikel@sbcglobal.net> wrote
> in message news:6ksum0910d4gflj0arv7s6iq693st8amtu@4ax.com... 
>
>
> So you are under the impression that Jasc products will cease
> to
> function? LOL

LOL  Beware the next upgrade...  :-)   BJ

"Manfred Eikel · eikeldesign.com" <manfred.eikel@sbcglobal.net> wrote in
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> Just today I read that Jasc, Inc. famed maker of PaintShop Pro has
> sold out to Corel, Inc. - not-so-famed maker of relatively unknown
> software (at least to me :) )
>
> Sad is that this sell-out may affect current users of PSP and related
> products in a negative way. Although the FAQs state Corel will
> continue to support the PSP product line, it would  not be the first
> time that a buyer of a company fabricates and lies to lure users of
> the current product into a new line of products.
>
> I actually belive it's more likely Corel will 'delete' PSP and compile
> features of PSP into its own program, called PhotoPaint.
>
> Right now, I'd hold-off on purchasing any further products from JASC,
> as these may soon become worthless.
>
>
If it is a good program how can it become worthless?  You'll always have it
to use even if another upgrade is never offered.  Just make sure to save any
patches on a CD in case you ever need to re-install the program. I'm still
using a few very good obsolete programs and they still work after several
upgrades to windows.

>




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"Manfred Eikel · eikeldesign.com" <manfred.eikel@sbcglobal.net>
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| Just today I read that Jasc, Inc. famed maker of PaintShop Pro has
| sold out to Corel, Inc. - not-so-famed maker of relatively unknown
| software (at least to me :) )

I have used some Corel software. They normally have a few really great
features and a hole lot of stuff that is FUBAR.


|
| Sad is that this sell-out may affect current users of PSP and related
| products in a negative way. Although the FAQs state Corel will
| continue to support the PSP product line, it would  not be the first
| time that a buyer of a company fabricates and lies to lure users of
| the current product into a new line of products.

Boy, you said it there mister. I hope that what you and I are thiking is all
wrong, but I suppose we can only wait and see. I am really disappointed to
think that JASC would sell out. I am, surprisingly, taking it kind of
personally and it pisses me off.


|
| I actually belive it's more likely Corel will 'delete' PSP and compile
| features of PSP into its own program, called PhotoPaint.

I've never even heard of Photo Paint.

|
| Right now, I'd hold-off on purchasing any further products from JASC,
| as these may soon become worthless.

I know what you meant, not necessarily how it reads.
Though I still have all of my old versions and am really not all that
thrilled about the thought that we may lose out to big business when it
comes to updates and upgrades. Dang, I hope it doesn't work out that way.

Kate
PSP user since Ver. 4


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err.. make that WHOLE, must have hit the hole in my keyboard where the W is
supposed to be :)

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| "Manfred Eikel · eikeldesign.com" <manfred.eikel@sbcglobal.net>
| wrote in message news:6ksum0910d4gflj0arv7s6iq693st8amtu@4ax.com...
|| Just today I read that Jasc, Inc. famed maker of PaintShop Pro has
|| sold out to Corel, Inc. - not-so-famed maker of relatively unknown
|| software (at least to me :) )
|
| I have used some Corel software. They normally have a few really great
| features and a hole lot of stuff that is FUBAR.
|
|
||
|| Sad is that this sell-out may affect current users of PSP and related
|| products in a negative way. Although the FAQs state Corel will
|| continue to support the PSP product line, it would  not be the first
|| time that a buyer of a company fabricates and lies to lure users of
|| the current product into a new line of products.
|
| Boy, you said it there mister. I hope that what you and I are thiking is
all
| wrong, but I suppose we can only wait and see. I am really disappointed to
| think that JASC would sell out. I am, surprisingly, taking it kind of
| personally and it pisses me off.
|
|
||
|| I actually belive it's more likely Corel will 'delete' PSP and compile
|| features of PSP into its own program, called PhotoPaint.
|
| I've never even heard of Photo Paint.
|
||
|| Right now, I'd hold-off on purchasing any further products from JASC,
|| as these may soon become worthless.
|
| I know what you meant, not necessarily how it reads.
| Though I still have all of my old versions and am really not all that
| thrilled about the thought that we may lose out to big business when it
| comes to updates and upgrades. Dang, I hope it doesn't work out that way.
|
| Kate
| PSP user since Ver. 4
|
|
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Haven't you all heard of Painter?  The best art program bar none.  Corel
produce that having bought it from macromedia etc etc.

If PSP is any good it will survive.  If it's not, it won't.  Simple really.
It's a built in feature of capitalism

Bobby D
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> err.. make that WHOLE, must have hit the hole in my keyboard where the W
> is
> supposed to be :)
>
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> | "Manfred Eikel · eikeldesign.com" <manfred.eikel@sbcglobal.net>
> | wrote in message news:6ksum0910d4gflj0arv7s6iq693st8amtu@4ax.com...
> || Just today I read that Jasc, Inc. famed maker of PaintShop Pro has
> || sold out to Corel, Inc. - not-so-famed maker of relatively unknown
> || software (at least to me :) )
> |
> | I have used some Corel software. They normally have a few really great
> | features and a hole lot of stuff that is FUBAR.
> |
> |
> ||
> || Sad is that this sell-out may affect current users of PSP and related
> || products in a negative way. Although the FAQs state Corel will
> || continue to support the PSP product line, it would  not be the first
> || time that a buyer of a company fabricates and lies to lure users of
> || the current product into a new line of products.
> |
> | Boy, you said it there mister. I hope that what you and I are thiking is
> all
> | wrong, but I suppose we can only wait and see. I am really disappointed
> to
> | think that JASC would sell out. I am, surprisingly, taking it kind of
> | personally and it pisses me off.
> |
> |
> ||
> || I actually belive it's more likely Corel will 'delete' PSP and compile
> || features of PSP into its own program, called PhotoPaint.
> |
> | I've never even heard of Photo Paint.
> |
> ||
> || Right now, I'd hold-off on purchasing any further products from JASC,
> || as these may soon become worthless.
> |
> | I know what you meant, not necessarily how it reads.
> | Though I still have all of my old versions and am really not all that
> | thrilled about the thought that we may lose out to big business when it
> | comes to updates and upgrades. Dang, I hope it doesn't work out that
> way.
> |
> | Kate
> | PSP user since Ver. 4
> |
> |
> ||
> ||
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On Fri, 15 Oct 2004 23:50:47 +0100, "Bobby Dogg"
<Bobb_Dogg@hotmail.com> wrote:

>Haven't you all heard of Painter?  The best art program bar none.  Corel
>produce that having bought it from macromedia etc etc.
>
>If PSP is any good it will survive.  If it's not, it won't.  Simple really.
>It's a built in feature of capitalism
>
>Bobby D


Your right about survival of the fittest, trouble is, I was wanting
more and more good painting tools in PSP, but in Corel, they already
have a painting program, so psp is gonna be for grandma.

Manfred Eikel · eikeldesign.com (manfred.eikel@sbcglobal.net) writes:
> Just today I read that Jasc, Inc. famed maker of PaintShop Pro has
> sold out to Corel, Inc. - not-so-famed maker of relatively unknown
> software (at least to me :) )
>

I've used Word Perfect (for the Word-phobic) and Corel Draw (which I
acquired at the same time as PSP5) for years.  Not unknown, just for those
of refined taste.

> Sad is that this sell-out may affect current users of PSP and related
> products in a negative way. Although the FAQs state Corel will
> continue to support the PSP product line, it would  not be the first
> time that a buyer of a company fabricates and lies to lure users of
> the current product into a new line of products.
>

Corel was bought by a California holding company last year.  I suspect
that they acutally made the purchase and we may see a Roxio-like setup,
where they are maintained as seperate divisions under the Corel banner.
Certainly Roxio hasn't tried to merge the best features of their minor
lines into their main products.

Brendan

> I actually belive it's more likely Corel will 'delete' PSP and compile
> features of PSP into its own program, called PhotoPaint.
>
> Right now, I'd hold-off on purchasing any further products from JASC,
> as these may soon become worthless.
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BJ in Texas wrote:
> Leon wrote:
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> LOL  Beware the next upgrade...  :-)   BJ

PSP will end up being another drop in the bucket application....

http://www.vectorcapital.com/portfo...sp?CategoryId=1

:-)

Uni