[CS-FSLUG] Gimp on National TV Was: Re: Open source becomes irresistible political force.

Fred A. Miller fmiller at lightlink.com
Fri Feb 27 17:01:37 CST 2009


David McGlone wrote:
> On Thursday 26 February 2009 11:26:04 pm Fred A. Miller wrote:
>> Open source becomes irresistible political force.
> 
> This reminds me, the other night I was watching Forensic Files on A&E and the 
> detectives could not afford to have a process done to positively identify a 
> skull of a person so they looked for alternatives and found the Gimp.
> 
> They used the Gimp. They took the skull and matched it up to pictures of the 
> person they suspected the skull belonged to. They even showed the software in 
> action while the investigator was working and, gave a short narrative of the 
> gimp and open source software and what it is. 

GREAT!! We watch "Forensic Files" so we'll have to look for that show!

Fred

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