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BBEdit, Sublime Text, OmniGraffle, Pixelmator, Darktable, Forklift (file manager), KDE (as a whole), yt-dlp, curl, wget, freemind, mindnode (and I can add many
by bayindirh 3y ago
BBEdit, Sublime Text, OmniGraffle, Pixelmator, Darktable, Forklift (file manager), KDE (as a whole), yt-dlp, curl, wget, freemind, mindnode (and I can add many more) are strong counter examples to this. They are high quality, packed with tons of features and are leaders or give leaders a decent run for their money.
The most important thing is all of them go slow. Without rushing. They don’t race. They release when they are done. And it shows.
Ah, also there’s CameraBag, which spent their last year optimizing first, adding more features second.
- nothercastle 3y agoThe tools you listed don’t have to make a profit they are open source and can go slow.
- bayindirh 3y agoI carefully selected the set. Half of them are closed source. A couple of them is pretty pricey.
- ChrisMarshallNY 3y ago> BBEdit, Sublime Text, OmniGraffle, Pixelmator... ForkLift Those are all for-profit. I have paid for BBEdit for over 30 years. Also, OmniGraffle is a standard tool, and I have been paying for that, since 1.0. Same with ForkLift. I don't think that any of these are actually open-source.
- graemep 3y agoAs far as I can see all are either open source or developed by small companies. The problem is the incentives large public companies have are to do well short term, keep investors happy and get the management their bonuses this year, or maybe next.