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I don't understand this reply, I'm not advocating pirating Sublime Text, I'm just pointing out that alternatives exist. It's not even a money problem (I've dona

by simias 9y ago

I don't understand this reply, I'm not advocating pirating Sublime Text, I'm just pointing out that alternatives exist. It's not even a money problem (I've donated to support open source projects in the past) it's just that I consider my editor an extremely important tool that I've invested a lot of time learning and customizing. I've been using emacs as my main editor for about 15 years now and I can't really imagine working without it. And I don't have to, because being open source I know that it's not going to go away no matter what happens. Your "think of the children" argument is frankly dishonest and completely besides the point. You make it sound like using open source software causes developers and their children to starve. Am I a bad person for running Linux too? Think of all these Windows devs who have to care for their sick spouses and children. That's ridiculous.

pjmlp 9y ago
Good that you donate then. As for running Linux, I don't known, it depends. I was an active subscriber for Linux Journal between 1996 until 2004, now I am subscribing again, even though I spend 90% of my time on Windows. During the early Linux days I have bought several Linux distributions either via Walnut Creek or directly from them. Every time I do a Linux distribution installation at home, I do donate something to the distribution, as if I would actually be buying it. So I do put my wallet where my mouth is. My argument is not dishonest at all, rather from someone that came to realize there is no sustainable money flow to make from selling tools to FOSS developers, and hence why all good tools have switched to the enterprise customers.