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I want to pay for TextMate 2

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Re: I want to pay for TextMate 2

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Post by chromejs10 »

I can see both sides of the coin. I understand that a lot of people may have bought TextMate because they were told the update to 2.0 would be free (otherwise they may have waited). However, with as big as TextMate is and how a guy with little or no team was able to create it, he can't possibly afford to offer it to free for the thousands of people who bought the original one.

I think it would be perfectly fair to offer a discounted price to those who bought TextMate 1.0 (as opposed to free). That's a pretty fair thing to do IMHO. Many others said it, but if you are shelling out all the big bucks to buy a Mac, spending a few more bucks on an outstanding piece of software. It is a good way to show your support to the developer and make him continue sending out updates.

Just imagine the scenario where he does offer it for free, makes virtually no profit, and then ends up quitting support for TextMate 2 (as in making bug fixes, features, etc) because he can't afford to just live off of doing that. We all lose in that scenario.

I'm a student with lots of debt, but I will buy TextMate 2 full price because it's a good investment. Even if he does offer it for free, it would be a great gesture to buy it anyway or at least open up a donation thing for him.

Can't wait for its release!

Re: I want to pay for TextMate 2

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Post by wnight »

spooneybarger wrote: post #109
alttag wrote: post #30

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think you're right that everyone shouldn't be charged because Marco and others think the product is worth it. Some bought it on the promise of a free upgrade. An upgrade to version 2 wasn't part of the "value" I attributed to TM when I bought it years ago, so were it not free, I'd seriously consider buying anyway (even though I do little coding nowadays, and am impressed with SublimeText2). So, count me as mixed on…

I never would have bought TM1 w/o the promise of TM2. Even with that, I kind of regret buying it. For how I used it, it was a decent text editor that allowed me to experience the spinning beach ball of death at least 10 times a day.

I thought the free upgrades forever deal for Minecraft was great. I only rarely get to game and if I had to upgrade every six months to play with everyone else it'd be prohibitive.

It's a big obligation that the maker of Textmate and Notch of Minecraft took on but founders do sillier things (look at the deals VCs cut) for funding.

Re: I want to pay for TextMate 2

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Post by JoachimSchipper »

spooneybarger wrote: post #113
sant0sk1 wrote: post #41

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Please add your +1 by hitting the up arrow next to the comment.

Now that we don't see comment scores, that isn't effective for publicly voicing agreement.

Votes do influence the ranking. And is "publicly voicing agreement" really more important than a usable comment page?

Re: I want to pay for TextMate 2

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Post by scottbruin »

damiongrimfield wrote: post #34

What are all the features that everyone wants? Why all the hype? I gave up on TM2 a long time ago, but that doesn't mean I switched to another editor; I still use TM1 everyday. However, when I purchased TM1, I was promised TM2 for free, and therefore I'll have it for free.

Major things I wish for are: bulk grouped undo, improved Safari-esque search where all items highlight, non-blocking project search, jump to class/function definition that doesn't stink, improved project layout a la Espresso & Chocolat, auto-updating bundles, setup syncing across computers (this would be killer and new for editors), better jump to file, smarter quotation doubling, improved default HTML/CSS language definitions, and more obvious bracket matching.

Re: I want to pay for TextMate 2

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Post by snow_mac »

Blah, blah, blah. I seem to remember all versions free up to but not including version 2. Anyways, aside from it being a little bit better then Notepad++ mostly in UI. It's OK. I personally roll with: Textmate for local dev @ home & vim, Dreamweaver & Notepad++ @ work and Eclipse & gEdit @ school. Personally if I could find an IDE that isn't as heavy as Eclipse that can roll HTML, java, php, css, coldfusion, ruby, bash, javascript and C I'd happily convert from 6 different editors to 1. ... #justSayin

Re: I want to pay for TextMate 2

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Post by tuananh »

teaspoon wrote: post #90
scott_s wrote: post #85

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If someone already paid for TextMate, I think it's fair to assume that they own an Apple computer.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_caf%C3%A9 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OSx86 I'm not trying to be pedantic here. Both of the above are commonplace in China, for example.

buying textmate license to use it at a internet cafe --- HELL NOOO
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