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I can't imagine that the product hasn't made enough money that it wouldn't be viable to hire a developer, or to take on investment to expand the operation. ST

by Bahamut 13y ago

I can't imagine that the product hasn't made enough money that it wouldn't be viable to hire a developer, or to take on investment to expand the operation. ST seems to be the most popular code text editor amongst developers.

sigzero 13y ago
Textmate had that mind share for a while. That one man shop pretty much stoppped. I see no reason why Sublime won't go that way if other developers (somehow) aren't brought in.
- aristidesfl 13y ago
  Developers do get tired and burn out.
levosmetalo 13y ago
Just a proof that freemium model doesn't work.
- coldtea 13y ago
  What proof? For one, he said "he can't imagine that they haven't made enough money" and he's correct. They have made boatloads of money. If they don't hire someone else to help with programmer, that's their choice. Second, ST is not based on a freemium model. Only the betas are free (and that only as long as there's no stable release), for the stable versions you have to pay.
  - shubhamjain 13y ago
    How much do you estimate ST makes a month? Considering, the software doesn't coerce you to buy a license by restrictions and you can continue evaluating forever, I speculate the sales records to be a bit gloomy.
  - NikolaTesla 13y ago
    What "proof" do you have that they made "boatloads of money"?
    - Gigablah 13y ago
      About as much proof as the poster above him.
    - coldtea 13y ago
      For one, the wild recognition it has in the editor space. People have been raving about it, left and right. Second, the fact that since ST2 he was able to hire a second person to help him with the business side.
hbbio 13y ago
Have to agree with you. I bought ST just like many friends did. Sublime may be selling about as much as RubyMotion, which invested the proceeds in hiring very few, high-level coders that seem to be fully inline with the founder/original author.

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I can't imagine that the product hasn't made enough money that it wouldn't be viable to hire a developer, or to take on investment to expand the operation. ST

by Bahamut 13y ago

sigzero 13y ago
Textmate had that mind share for a while. That one man shop pretty much stoppped. I see no reason why Sublime won't go that way if other developers (somehow) aren't brought in.
- aristidesfl 13y ago
  Developers do get tired and burn out.
levosmetalo 13y ago
Just a proof that freemium model doesn't work.
- coldtea 13y ago
  What proof? For one, he said "he can't imagine that they haven't made enough money" and he's correct. They have made boatloads of money. If they don't hire someone else to help with programmer, that's their choice. Second, ST is not based on a freemium model. Only the betas are free (and that only as long as there's no stable release), for the stable versions you have to pay.
  - shubhamjain 13y ago
    How much do you estimate ST makes a month? Considering, the software doesn't coerce you to buy a license by restrictions and you can continue evaluating forever, I speculate the sales records to be a bit gloomy.
  - NikolaTesla 13y ago
    What "proof" do you have that they made "boatloads of money"?
    - Gigablah 13y ago
      About as much proof as the poster above him.
    - coldtea 13y ago
      For one, the wild recognition it has in the editor space. People have been raving about it, left and right. Second, the fact that since ST2 he was able to hire a second person to help him with the business side.
hbbio 13y ago
Have to agree with you. I bought ST just like many friends did. Sublime may be selling about as much as RubyMotion, which invested the proceeds in hiring very few, high-level coders that seem to be fully inline with the founder/original author.