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Sublime Text 3 Is Not Dead and Not Sold to GitHub

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18 pointsTuxLyn13 comments

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.

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?

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.

Any source on this? Impressive if true.

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.

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 sorry, don't know of a good reference for the second one and I don't believe I'd explain it well.

Yeah, sorry about that ^_^ Fixed.

Did anyone ever even think this?

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.

Thank You ^_^ Honestly, I did not think they would even reply.

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)...

"we do not intend to sell in the near future."

Maybe that?

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.

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