Sure. My point wasn't to say that E-text wasn't inspired by Textmate: it even states so clearly on its page. Simply that comparing version numbers is pointless

Sure. My point wasn't to say that E-text wasn't inspired by Textmate: it even states so clearly on its page. Simply that comparing version numbers is pointless: call it E-text 2010 for all I care, and it won't be better or worse for it.