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> I wish they wouldn't attach themselves to the sublime brand. It's not theirs Its competition. Thats the market segment they are aiming to attract and serve.

> I wish they wouldn't attach themselves to the sublime brand. It's not theirs Its competition. Thats the market segment they are aiming to attract and serve. They aren't claiming to be Sublime Text, they are claiming they want to be better than it. Its the market leader in that area, and if that is the segment they are interested in serving, imho it wouldn't make sense to not compare themselves to Sublime Text. > Also, I think it's weird that the fact that it's made in Go is part of the pitch. I mean, unless I'm contributing... I don't care. Play the other side. You're interested in an open source alternative to Sublime Text, and you love working in Go. Is it relevant now? Because I'm willing to bet by its open source nature, they are as interested in attracting committers as they are users at this point.

Guvante 12y ago
> They aren't claiming to be Sublime Text Pretty close, calling your project Lime text is pretty sketchy IMHO. > it wouldn't make sense to not compare themselves to Sublime Text But they aren't comparing themselves, that would be a feature page showing how many features they have. Instead they are branding themselves in a very similar way.
overgard 12y ago
> They aren't claiming to be Sublime Text, they are claiming they want to be better than it Sure, but, they're using sublime text's brand to draw attention to their own project. If they called themselves, say, "Cherry edit" and just had a comparison matrix to sublime text without saying "we want to be sublime", I bet this wouldn't have made it to the front page. They're piggybacking off the other projects success by invoking its name and lineage, while positioning themselves as a competitor by undercutting the price (in this case: free). That's what I mean. It's not illegal or whatever, it just feels like poor sportsmanship.

Guvante 12y ago

> They aren't claiming to be Sublime Text Pretty close, calling your project Lime text is pretty sketchy IMHO. > it wouldn't make sense to not compare themselves to Sublime Text But they aren't comparing themselves, that would be a feature page showing how many features they have. Instead they are branding themselves in a very similar way.

overgard 12y ago

> They aren't claiming to be Sublime Text, they are claiming they want to be better than it Sure, but, they're using sublime text's brand to draw attention to their own project. If they called themselves, say, "Cherry edit" and just had a comparison matrix to sublime text without saying "we want to be sublime", I bet this wouldn't have made it to the front page. They're piggybacking off the other projects success by invoking its name and lineage, while positioning themselves as a competitor by undercutting the price (in this case: free). That's what I mean. It's not illegal or whatever, it just feels like poor sportsmanship.