TommyCarlier said:wastingtimewithforums said:*snip*Because Microsoft doesn't own Paint.NET, despite the creator of Paint.NET (Rick Brewster) being a Microsoft employee. The reason why Rick doesn't want Paint.NET to be part of Windows is that he doesn't want its release schedule to be tied to that of Windows. Would you really want a new version of Paint.NET only when there's a new version of Windows? That's also the reason why Microsoft decided to move Movie Maker and Windows Mail out of Windows and into Windows Live. It allows for faster and more updates.
I don't see why that's a problem. It doesn't need to be part of windows, just an app that's included with windows. They can still update Paint.NET whenever they want.
I think Paint.NET is a great basic editing program which might be used by a huge number of casual photographers. Just 3-4MB too. Should be put in.
