-----Original Message----- From: Pete Prodoehl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Ken Williams wrote:
On Oct 3, 2004, at 9:46 AM, wren argetlahm wrote:
(SubEthaEdit since my copy of BBEdit is Classic and a
new one costs way to much for my budget).
If you want to write one because you think it'll be fun, okay.
But if you want to write one because you think you'll save money: suppose you earn about $40/hour. BBEdit upgrade costs about 60 bucks. Do you think it'll require more than one and a half hours of your time to write something better for your needs than BBEdit?
You assume he needs only one copy of BBEdit... Combining the Macs I have at home, and the ones I use at work is about 5 machines (not to mention the non-Mac computers I use.) I'm assuming I'd need licenses for each machine if I went with BBEdit, right? Instead I'm using an open-source editor on all machines and not spending $200 on licenses. Don't get me wrong, BBEdit is a great editor, but it doesn't fit my needs, which is a text editor that I can install on all of my computers, regardless of OS, for a reasonable price.
Pete
> Actually, BBEdit takes a pretty liberal view. I actually called them one time to see if they had a "multiple copy" discount, since I have 3 computers, and they said I really only needed two, since I am the only user of the laptop and one of the desktops.
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> I actually tried Emacs. I'm a Solaris Sysadmin, and it was way too counterintuitive. I quickly returned to VI. The learning curve on BBEdit is such that you can be productive the first time you open a file, but you continually discover "a better way to do it".
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> If you INSIST on free, try vim (http://www.vim.org) or NEdit (http://www.nedit.org/).
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Good to know they have a liberal view. Though I can see that in the 'corporate' world the powers that be might want a well defined license, or just opt to purchase as many copies as needed.
I don't really INSIST on free, but the freedom of open-source has so darn many advantages, it's hard to ignore. ;)
jEdit suites me fine right now, BTW...
Pete
