The real sign of a piece of tech's success is when it makes the transformation from being just a product to a verb used to describe the very action it does. Take Google for example. It started out as being one of a number of search engines available to internet users to find content on the web. However, due to its popularity it quickly became a replacement for the verb search. In this day and age we no longer search for something on the internet we "Google it." While Google is synonymous with search, Photoshop is synonymous with image editing. The phrase "I photoshopped it" pervades in both television and movies. While Photoshop is the most popular image editing choice it is not cheap and a license for Photoshop costs seven hundred dollars. Luckily as with most programs, the open source community has provided a free and reliable alternative in the form of GIMP.
