[TxMt] Re: Texmate 2

[Martin Hess]

I think people are guessing that the free upgrade is the source of the  
long wait for 2.0. But after reading Alan's post I can't agree with  
people that he isn't motivated to get it done. It seems to me that he  
is seeking a kind of perfection in realizing his vision -- a vision he  
hasn't really shared with us so we have no ability to judge it.

However, I think there is away for Alan to keep his free upgrade  
promise and still make some upgrade revenue. It would be very  
reasonable to make 2.0 a paid upgrade for some period of time, and  
then free afterwards. Maybe 6-12 months might be reasonable. Those of  
us with the ability and inclination to get 2.0 right away will gladly  
pay to get 2.0 early. The rest will still get their free upgrade, but  
they will have to wait a bit.


On Jun 15, 2009, at 8:38 AM, Adam Strzelecki wrote:

>> I also think hard work should be rewarded (...)
>
> +1 for paid upgrade of TM2.
>
> I remember this kind of discussion was already there 3 months ago or
> so. But it's cool to so many of TM users that want to pay for
> something that's declared to be free. And I agree with JiHo that
> probably this would/could result with sooner and more stable release
> of TM2 and more development possibilities + some full-time side
> developers.
>
> I would appreciate also some screenshots of dev version + some ideas
> behind written down, rather sort of explanation (we already know) that
> we found on TM blog.
> Indeed some short blog entries with some screen snapshots and dev
> notes would make it easier to wait for TM2 release, that's such a Holy
> Grail for us all now :)
>
> Cheers,
> -- 
> Adam
>
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