[TxMt] Re: Texmate 2

[Mark Perrin]

The other option is to buy a copy for someone you know - increase the  
size of community.

As for me, well I was part of the original Macheist bundle. So the  
upgrade will not be free for me - which I'm glad about.

MP

On 18/06/2009, at 3:34 AM, Scott Haneda wrote:

> I suspect it has a lot to do with 1.x was intended as a near "proof of
> concept" for lack of a more accurate way to describe the developers
> intentions.
>
> A developers word to his users, in my opinion is more important than
> the software itself. Second is support. Third is the software.
>
> I use some less than ideal software because support and honesty are
> top notch. I am about to abandon some excellent software because
> support is poor.
>
> The second a developer does not keep their word, they become
> unapproachable. They become no different than Apple, Adobe, and the
> rest of the big guns who we must resort to mass group petitions to get
> a PR based appology.
>
> By Allan keeping his word, he maintains something few ever pull off,
> which is being with us, not against us.
>
> As I have mentioned, there will be nothing preventing any if us from
> ignoring the free upgrade option and just buying version 2 outright.
> No donation button needed.
>
> If you really want to make it known to Allan you have chosen this
> method, we should simply come up with a plan to enter in "donation" as
> our middle name when ordering, or maybe as a comment if there is such
> a field.
>
> I personally don't care to make it know. Allan will know when he
> checks his bank account :)
> -- 
> Scott
> Iphone says hello.
>
> On Jun 17, 2009, at 2:49 AM, Mathieu Godart <mathieu at coolsand-tech.fr>
> wrote:
>
>> Dear all,
>>
>> Just to add my grain de sel, I would no be offended if TM2 is not
>> free. This promise has been done a very long time ago. Why would a
>> developer have to give a two year development work for free? The
>> method proposed by Martin Hess is very interesting.
>>
>> Anyway, it's good to hear that TM2 is getting closer... and to hear
>> anything at all, by the way. ;-p
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Mathieu
>>
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>>
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>>
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