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This was posted in the ST forum on Mar. 18, 2014 [1]: "From the Sublime office: We are not selling to Github, we are not stopping development of Sublime. As no

This was posted in the ST forum on Mar. 18, 2014 [1]: "From the Sublime office: We are not selling to Github, we are not stopping development of Sublime. As noted by another poster, this is effectively a one man band (I'm here to answer sales questions, process your refunds and get the mail so Jon doesn't have to). The past few months of silence on the development front have been a combination of boring back end work (taxes, new payment platform) as well as a break for the man driving this whole operation. No, we don't currently have a loud internet presence, which is can be an understandable cause for concern-something we intend to address once we move into the production version of 3. There is a vision for continued growth and development, there is momentum behind Sublime Text; it is not dead, just slow. I'm happy to field any specific questions you might have about the Sublime's future: sales@sublimetext.com." [1] https://www.sublimetext.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=15477&start=50#p58951 https://www.sublimetext.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=15477&...

dewey 13y ago
That's good to hear. I have to say I was a bit concerned that there weren't any new developments/beta versions but right now it's working fine and the plugins get updated every now and then so there's no need to worry about it for me. I also currently don't experience any big bugs which would make me switch so something else. Edit: I'm talking about the ST3 beta version here.
moot 13y ago
I know this feeling. One-man bands are especially prone to "Valve time." On 4chan, "soon" basically means "anywhere between an hour from now and never."
- atwebb 13y ago
  It can also be a problem with micro-managing and fear of delegation. Speaking more from personal experience than to this project. As a one man outfit it can be difficult to let go of something you're so attached to.
  - purephase 13y ago
    I hear you, but Jon should take heed from his predecessor, Textmate. Textmate was a prime example of what happens when an incredibly popular project is run by a single individual. The fact that TM 2 has flourished (IMO) since being open-sourced, is a good indication that additional eyes are a good thing. I'm not suggesting that Jon open-sources ST, just saying that reaching out for help is not a bad thing in these one-man-band projects.
    - EGreg 13y ago
      I've open sourced http://github.com/EGreg/Q http://github.com/EGreg/Q Docs: http://platform.qbix.com http://platform.qbix.com So far my company are still the only ones working on it
      - myers 13y ago
        May I suggest adding a link to the http://platform.qbix.com http://platform.qbix.com in your README.md
        EGreg 13y ago
        Yep - we haven't completed it yet so even though the platform is already opensourced under GPL and we are committing to it bazaar-style and not cathedral-style, it's not yet been properly marketed. I just wanted to illustrate how just opensourcing things isn't enough. You need marketing, PR or organic notoriety. And often that takes resources. Once, I met Eben Moglen and he yelled at me for half an hour simply for taking investors for my company. I explained to him that "free software" doesn't solve the economics for entrepreneurs who start new projects. You still need to use resources. Later when I sent him the link to github he said he was wrong but stopped short of an apology. Quite a strange guy.
      - yukinon 13y ago
        I'm not sure if you've noticed, but when zooming in/out of your docs page there is a huge, noticeable lag where it blocks out the page completely to reload it again.

dewey 13y ago

That's good to hear. I have to say I was a bit concerned that there weren't any new developments/beta versions but right now it's working fine and the plugins get updated every now and then so there's no need to worry about it for me. I also currently don't experience any big bugs which would make me switch so something else. Edit: I'm talking about the ST3 beta version here.

moot 13y ago

I know this feeling. One-man bands are especially prone to "Valve time." On 4chan, "soon" basically means "anywhere between an hour from now and never."

atwebb 13y ago
It can also be a problem with micro-managing and fear of delegation. Speaking more from personal experience than to this project. As a one man outfit it can be difficult to let go of something you're so attached to.
- purephase 13y ago
  I hear you, but Jon should take heed from his predecessor, Textmate. Textmate was a prime example of what happens when an incredibly popular project is run by a single individual. The fact that TM 2 has flourished (IMO) since being open-sourced, is a good indication that additional eyes are a good thing. I'm not suggesting that Jon open-sources ST, just saying that reaching out for help is not a bad thing in these one-man-band projects.
  - EGreg 13y ago
    I've open sourced http://github.com/EGreg/Q http://github.com/EGreg/Q Docs: http://platform.qbix.com http://platform.qbix.com So far my company are still the only ones working on it
    - myers 13y ago
      May I suggest adding a link to the http://platform.qbix.com http://platform.qbix.com in your README.md
      - EGreg 13y ago
        Yep - we haven't completed it yet so even though the platform is already opensourced under GPL and we are committing to it bazaar-style and not cathedral-style, it's not yet been properly marketed. I just wanted to illustrate how just opensourcing things isn't enough. You need marketing, PR or organic notoriety. And often that takes resources. Once, I met Eben Moglen and he yelled at me for half an hour simply for taking investors for my company. I explained to him that "free software" doesn't solve the economics for entrepreneurs who start new projects. You still need to use resources. Later when I sent him the link to github he said he was wrong but stopped short of an apology. Quite a strange guy.
    - yukinon 13y ago
      I'm not sure if you've noticed, but when zooming in/out of your docs page there is a huge, noticeable lag where it blocks out the page completely to reload it again.