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Given that 2.0 is labelled as a free upgrade to 1.x users and that the market for TextMate is already saturated (TM users have probably already bought a license

Given that 2.0 is labelled as a free upgrade to 1.x users and that the market for TextMate is already saturated (TM users have probably already bought a license and given how poorly TM has been supported, I doubt there are many people switching to TM), I wonder how long it'll be until a paid 2.1/3.0 ships with critical bug fixes and the features 2.0 left out in order to get it out the door.

abredow 15y ago
I think that TM probably made a big mistake by offering a free upgrade to 2.0. Especially given the apparent ambition of the rewrite. Assuming it has some nice new stuff, I, for one, would gladly fork over more money for a 2.0 release.
- adambyrtek 15y ago
  Maybe it's their way of saying "sorry for the delay"? Rewarding dedicated users with a free upgrade seems like a good idea to me.
hopeless 15y ago
I trialled TextMate v1 but didn't like it enough to pay for unmaintained software. I would consider buying v2 iff it has some sort of release schedule and commitment to maintenance.
- patrickg 15y ago
  I have paid for TM1 before I got the feeling that it is unmaintained. But I still use TM 1 for 90% of my daily writing work (mostly source code and TeX documents) - I still love it.
johncoltrane 15y ago
A long time ago I left a comment on the macromate's blog voicing my "anger" when TM2 was announced to be "Intel-only" or "Leopard-only" or something like that. I was angry because I felt that forcing their loyal and paid users to buy another OS or, gasp, a new machine just to run their software - a code editor - was not very cool. Other enthusiastic users mocked me for not wanting progress. Ultimately I bought the latest OS I could run on my ageing G5, hoping TM2 would show up soon. But it didn't. In the mean time I switched to Vim AND to Linux after what? 15 years of Mac. After nearly a full year I'm already more productive with it than I ever was with textMate. Ho! I will definetly download the alpha/beta like I did for Coda, Espresso, Vico, Sublime Text 2. TM2 has to be really awesome for me to look around for my license and make me come back.

abredow 15y ago

I think that TM probably made a big mistake by offering a free upgrade to 2.0. Especially given the apparent ambition of the rewrite. Assuming it has some nice new stuff, I, for one, would gladly fork over more money for a 2.0 release.

adambyrtek 15y ago
Maybe it's their way of saying "sorry for the delay"? Rewarding dedicated users with a free upgrade seems like a good idea to me.

hopeless 15y ago

I trialled TextMate v1 but didn't like it enough to pay for unmaintained software. I would consider buying v2 iff it has some sort of release schedule and commitment to maintenance.

patrickg 15y ago
I have paid for TM1 before I got the feeling that it is unmaintained. But I still use TM 1 for 90% of my daily writing work (mostly source code and TeX documents) - I still love it.

johncoltrane 15y ago

A long time ago I left a comment on the macromate's blog voicing my "anger" when TM2 was announced to be "Intel-only" or "Leopard-only" or something like that. I was angry because I felt that forcing their loyal and paid users to buy another OS or, gasp, a new machine just to run their software - a code editor - was not very cool. Other enthusiastic users mocked me for not wanting progress. Ultimately I bought the latest OS I could run on my ageing G5, hoping TM2 would show up soon. But it didn't. In the mean time I switched to Vim AND to Linux after what? 15 years of Mac. After nearly a full year I'm already more productive with it than I ever was with textMate. Ho! I will definetly download the alpha/beta like I did for Coda, Espresso, Vico, Sublime Text 2. TM2 has to be really awesome for me to look around for my license and make me come back.