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Google Releases Picasa for Linux (Slashdot)

Google Releases Picasa for Linux (Slashdot)

Posted May 28, 2006 23:13 UTC (Sun) by Arker (guest, #14205)
In reply to: Google Releases Picasa for Linux (Slashdot) by jengelh
Parent article: Google Releases Picasa for Linux (Slashdot)

They do ads, but no spyware.

They probably can't free Picasa, due to not actually owning all of it.

Still, it's a loss-leader for them, they give it away to build goodwill essentially.

Frankly I think they would have been better off saving the money they spent on it, and just doing a windows port of digikam. They probably could have added any features it might lack much cheaper than going the route they have.


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