At 07:29 PM 8/23/02 -0700, Ken Childress wrote:
<I wrote>
>>and the 'I'm an artist' crowd left the Fractint list
>>to flock to the other program.
>
<Ken replied>
>This sounds derogatory. Is that what you meant?
To begin, I mentioned no program and no author,
though the program to which I was referring was
obvious, and I did comment that the program in
question was a fine program. I did not state
that the Fractint code had been stolen, though
I did comment that some of it it might have
supplied ideas, and in that way, have appeared
in modified form in the other program.
Finally, by my 'I'm an artist' comment, I
implied that IMO it takes more than knowing how
to use a computer program to be considered an
artist. The word 'artist' implies creativity
and originality. It does not imply doing the
same things that the rest of the crowd is
doing. Such people are better considered
skilled craftsmen, which is what I consider
myself. If you find this derogatory, I'm
sorry.
Jim M.