Corvid
Executioner
If you want to talk about greed, I think the trend of publishers like Adobe expecting users to shell out for their software year after year fits the bill. An artist expecting compensation for their hard work, not so much.
I fiddled with GIMP (the graphics software) for a while, but it had a sharp learning curve, and couldn't quite do the things I needed. I navigated to Corel Paintshop Pro Photo a while back, and haven't had cause to regret it yet. I'm sure there are things Photoshop does that Paintshop does not, but for my uses, it's perfect... and I only had to pay for it once.
I fiddled with GIMP (the graphics software) for a while, but it had a sharp learning curve, and couldn't quite do the things I needed. I navigated to Corel Paintshop Pro Photo a while back, and haven't had cause to regret it yet. I'm sure there are things Photoshop does that Paintshop does not, but for my uses, it's perfect... and I only had to pay for it once.