Why does Microsoft still have Paint...

Why does Microsoft still have Paint? Why don't they just use an open-source software like GIMP and save money by not having to employ developers for Paint?

>implying paint isn´t the work of one pajeet that is done every once in a decade when he isn´t busy fucking up the rest of the os

ms paint is based as fuck nigga

Why the fuck would they ditch paint?

Oh wait you wanted me to reply didn't you. You got me op. Take care sir

Because they are busy debugging the shittiest incomplete windows they ever released.

Also kolourpaint is a suitable alternative

It doesn't have a whole lot of function

i get why they wouldn't put competing products but they should seriously include paint.net at least.

A base graphics program offering only the very bare essentials, that is actually a solid functional program, is really not difficult to maintain and is actually used by a lot of people.

There was an uproar when the calc got metro-ized.

A program like gimp is a whole other program, with different goals in mind.

BUT IT"S SO FUCKING EASY

true, I suppose. couldn't they modify it to hide the advanced features, or even package another program as an alternative?

read OP, open-source projects don't make money

they could at LEAST give it layer and transparency functionality, then it would be indistinguishable from slightly less shit programs like paint.NET

Because the US and EU would tear Microsoft a new one for including GIMP. Hell, even a simple media player was too much for the EU, and now there's an "N" version of Windows without it.

sauce?

why would the eu care about that?
and isn´t the N version because of some license bs?

no because then normies would fuck it up.

Paint should stay in as simple and fast.

>normies would fuck it up.
how?

They should do it again because w10 is abusing their monopoly to push unrelated products harder than ever before.

I doubt they would do anything because gimp isnt a commercial program. They made N because EU was mad about all that get office bullshit.

This. Layer, transparency and a way to select abstract shapes would make paint a decent program.

Being used to Photoshop I think it's a nightmare to use.

Why not just install gentoo?

huh...almost like it isn't meant for serious image editing

you cant even draw stuff in it without transparency or layers, so why include it?

> save money by not having to employ developers for Paint?

seriously? i dont think microsoft has worked on paint at all for over a decade. And if they did why would they care about "saving money" on a tiny tool when the company makes billions.

>employ developers for Paint
>literally the same since windows3.1

There still debugging vista?

For the times when you need to draw stuff without transparency or layers

NIH syndrome. If it isn't Microsoft® brand, it's not worth adding to the system.

I'd be fucking lost without MS Paint, With a fraction of a second's notice I can start it up, scribble out a brain fart and save it before GIMP has even fucking loaded up.

Nothing published on tumblr has ever been funny

Who are you ?

It's even bigger now

>save money by not having to employ developers for Paint?
>employ developers for Paint?
>developers for Paint
Nobody is developing paint, friend.

what the fuck is Windows Ink Workspace Button

It's a tablet thing for drawing and stuff

I fucking hate nu-Microsoft

>GIMP

>Context menu changes with context

nobody cares

How have they improved paint for windows 10

this

when the fuck is that?

Because the cuck socialist license requires them to make their whole OS free if they bundle GIMP.

GIMP does that? sauce?

Every GPL free software does that. Have you even read the GPL licenses?

>Cummy Crush.

fresh paint is good. not too complicated. the metro shit is shitty though

yet they had no problem implementing bash to Windows 10

you can't debug something that is a bug.

Paint is superior than gump in every aspect. Deal with it freenumaletard

bash is running is a docker image that contains ubuntu, it's essentially a vm.

WSL is a NT subsystem. They don't have bash, linux or anything in Windows, an installer downloads an image from cannonical, it uses all stock ubuntu binaries and repositories.

GPL only applies to a single program, not other applications that you may bundle with a program.

I cant think of any reason to use Paint.

Microsoft should step its game up instead of relying on Windows and Office for 30 years.

>Why does Microsoft still have Paint? Why don't they just use an open-source software like GIMP
It's simple and easy to use. Good for quick edits by retards that don't want to have to learn the interface to something as complicated as GIMP or Photoshop, or even Paint.NET.

>save money by not having to employ developers for Paint?
It doesn't really change much between Windows versions. They're not really paying much for it.

Paint is not an image manipulation program like GIMP or Photoshop. Paint is a drawing program and that is all it needs to be.

It's actually a great program if you learn all it's intricacies. Most of my artwork was made in paint.

Warning: Do not use post-ribbon paint. Vista paint is the best version.


By the way, can I get kolourpaint for windows?

paint.NET is GOAT

>introducing accessibility mode for windows
>you can't turn it off because that would be ableist

LOL
MS paint was created by some guy on his 90th birthday back in 1989. Every few years they put some more of his code into MS Paint. They keep him on the payroll as he is a good luck employee

It just means Paintbrush reached its perfection.

But... what would be the point? Paint is a great, fast, minimal program that works fine. GIMP is a bloated ripoff of Photoshop with completely different goals.

>bloated ripoff of bloatware
Kekilditty

Paint is the reason I'm a believer. A voice from the heaven cut through the darkness.

Both are bloated but at least Photoshop is functionally magnificent.

Paint is there for the same reason Calculator, or Notepad, or WordPad is there. Simple applications that people who install the OS day one can use without downloading or installing drivers.

Paint is a test application for GDI

using it like every day or every second day. It really lets me do some things just quick and dirty. For the good the there will always be pse and for the quick shit paint.

>GIMP
>not using Paint.Net

What is it with modern design trends and wasting space?

paint 4 lyf

gimp 4 cucks

This

They're designed with touch screens in mind

>not falling for the ssd meme