[TxMt] Re: Texmate 2

[Mikael Hultgren]

I feel very much the same way, textmate was the very first software i  
bought when i first got my mac and it and this brilliant community has  
allowed me to keep my sanity while working on numerous projects. To be  
honest i cant really imagine a workflow today without textmate. So  
with that said, i personally have every intention of buying a new  
licences when textmate 2 comes, regardless of it being a free or paid  
upgrade. Lets call it evening the score for every game/app i pirated  
in my youth ,)


On 14 jun 2009, at 23.53, Scott Haneda wrote:

> This hit the front page of reddit today, thought it would be good to
> let the list know about it.  I found it to be a well written piece and
> keeps me happy moving forward.
>
> http://blog.macromates.com/2009/working-on-it/
>
> There are a good deal of comments on the blog as well as reddit about
> the no pay for version 2 issue.  I am more or less in the camp of
> "charge for version 2", especially if the lack of a charge is in any
> way adding to a lack of motivation to get 2 out the door.
>
> That being said, I do not believe it would be wise to go against a
> statement made in the past that version 2 would be a free upgrade.
> Remember, there is nothing stopping any of us from just buying version
> 2 outright when it comes out if that is the direction you want to go  
> in.
>
> This may skew stats a little on new users, versus upgrade users which
> could be undesirable.  My suggestion, when this day comes, simply make
> version two require a checkout process, to get a new serial, and
> charge $0.00 to whatever you feel it is worth.
>
> Personally, if version 2 solves a good deal of my needs that are
> lacking in version 1, I will be donating one way or another, $100.00
> for my copy.  I pay my mortgage, dinners, clothes, and the rest of my
> life as a result of TextMate, $100.00 is a small price to pay for
> making it easier for me to make a living.
>
> Thank you for coming forward with a new plan to keep users updated on
> the progress.  It has been long overdue, though users are generally
> forgiving.  I also feel, the most vocal, that make a lot of noise, are
> probably a very small percentage of the true count of the user base.
>
> Yay for 2.0 news!  Very nice to know at least one person is using 2.0
> on a daily basis as well.
> Have a nice end of the weekend to you all.
> -- 
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>
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