Quote Originally Posted by Xhris View Post
They are relevant in that they do something (i.e. handle bitmap operations only), but are inferior in that they are relatively limited compared to the potential of (future) vector applications.
Even if this postulation is true, it does not make them inferior, that is leading the argument.

ArtRage is not for example inferior to Corel Painter, it just doesn't pretend to be something it's not.