I'd say that's true to someone who's either a) a diehard photoshop fan even if they don't use it much or b) someone that always uses or only ever got the chance to use nothing but photoshop.

I used to use photoshop in HS and did lots of scanning and image editing... got out of it for a couple years after that and then found The GIMP. I haven't run photoshop since.

Sure it doesn't have everything that photoshop does, and it's not for everyone. But it sure has a hell of a lot more options than most people will ever use.