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Sublime Text 3 Is Not Dead and Not Sold to GitHub

18 points by TuxLyn 13y ago

publicfig 13y ago
Did anyone ever even think this?
- dwightgunning 13y ago
  I like the element of social engineering in this! The person enquiring has clearly baited the support rep into disclosing more info than they would have if it was just a bland question about the release date.
  - TuxLyn 13y ago
    Thank You ^_^ Honestly, I did not think they would even reply.
  - dkuntz2 13y ago
    What did they reveal? We already knew there was only one dev and that currently purchased licenses will work with ST3 (but not older licenses)...
    - tzakrajs 13y ago
      "we do not intend to sell in the near future." Maybe that?
    - dwightgunning 13y ago
      I'm not aware of what the folks making Sublime have already revealed but I just found there was an 'element' of accidental engineering here. I'm a fan of Sublime and their support is solid so you can chalk it up to that if you want. Have it your way.
coldcode 13y ago
I assume they haven't made very much money and can only afford one dev, or like TextMate they made too much and no longer care?
- ProNoob13 13y ago
  Actually, it's a one-man company. The guy from the sales team is the very same developer that's made every version of Sublime Text so far.
  - fuzzywalrus 13y ago
    Any source on this? Impressive if true.
  - n00ge 13y ago
    That may not be true. Jon Skinner, the developer of ST, is the sole developer but as of a few months ago (may have been longer by now but I don't remember) he added on support for sales. I don't remember the guys name. Jon has done an excellent job of building the application. I'm sad to see it so slow and quiet at the moment. Hopefully everything is well with him.
aniketpant 13y ago
I never heard that news but I have a feeling that it sprouted from the Atom release announcement. It breaks my heart when I get to hear such rumors because most of these great software are backed well by the community but just because another software with similar functionality props up, people assume that one of them must have given up. I am still using ST3 Beta unregistered because currently I do not have the money to afford it but I definitely will support it's development as it is the only text editor which suits me.
IE5point5 13y ago
Textmate 1.5 all over again
ekyo777 13y ago
you may want to fix the spelling, "and there reply" -> "and their reply" "I’ve decided" -> "I decided" http://www.wikihow.com/Use-There,-Their-and-They%27re http://www.wikihow.com/Use-There,-Their-and-They%27re sorry, don't know of a good reference for the second one and I don't believe I'd explain it well.
- TuxLyn 13y ago
  Yeah, sorry about that ^_^ Fixed.

18 points by TuxLyn 13y ago

publicfig 13y ago

Did anyone ever even think this?

dwightgunning 13y ago
I like the element of social engineering in this! The person enquiring has clearly baited the support rep into disclosing more info than they would have if it was just a bland question about the release date.
- TuxLyn 13y ago
  Thank You ^_^ Honestly, I did not think they would even reply.
- dkuntz2 13y ago
  What did they reveal? We already knew there was only one dev and that currently purchased licenses will work with ST3 (but not older licenses)...
  - tzakrajs 13y ago
    "we do not intend to sell in the near future." Maybe that?
  - dwightgunning 13y ago
    I'm not aware of what the folks making Sublime have already revealed but I just found there was an 'element' of accidental engineering here. I'm a fan of Sublime and their support is solid so you can chalk it up to that if you want. Have it your way.

coldcode 13y ago

I assume they haven't made very much money and can only afford one dev, or like TextMate they made too much and no longer care?

ProNoob13 13y ago
Actually, it's a one-man company. The guy from the sales team is the very same developer that's made every version of Sublime Text so far.
- fuzzywalrus 13y ago
  Any source on this? Impressive if true.
- n00ge 13y ago
  That may not be true. Jon Skinner, the developer of ST, is the sole developer but as of a few months ago (may have been longer by now but I don't remember) he added on support for sales. I don't remember the guys name. Jon has done an excellent job of building the application. I'm sad to see it so slow and quiet at the moment. Hopefully everything is well with him.

aniketpant 13y ago

I never heard that news but I have a feeling that it sprouted from the Atom release announcement. It breaks my heart when I get to hear such rumors because most of these great software are backed well by the community but just because another software with similar functionality props up, people assume that one of them must have given up. I am still using ST3 Beta unregistered because currently I do not have the money to afford it but I definitely will support it's development as it is the only text editor which suits me.

IE5point5 13y ago

Textmate 1.5 all over again

ekyo777 13y ago

you may want to fix the spelling, "and there reply" -> "and their reply" "I’ve decided" -> "I decided" http://www.wikihow.com/Use-There,-Their-and-They%27re http://www.wikihow.com/Use-There,-Their-and-They%27re sorry, don't know of a good reference for the second one and I don't believe I'd explain it well.

TuxLyn 13y ago
Yeah, sorry about that ^_^ Fixed.