Ok. I can see many of those being possible advantages, depending on taste. I find the option of a terminal (rather than a graphical interface) to be a major ass

Ok. I can see many of those being possible advantages, depending on taste. I find the option of a terminal (rather than a graphical interface) to be a major asset, because then it works with ssh* . Also, all the people I know using ST are ex-vimmers, and use its vim emulation mode. A data point, I suppose. And yes, agreed on the open-source-ness, though commercial support does have its advantages. * I know you can do X forwarding and so on, but, eh.