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I know several big companies that use Vim internally. Maybe Bram could
continue to work on a free Vim, but charge for support.
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I don't think you can make a living from supporting Vim, because Vim,
while seems complicated to the average user, is quite self-explanatory
to all-time users who a
>
> Working for Google is indeed a great honor, and they probably gave you
> an 'offer you cannot refuse'. I hope you can spend some of the time you
> work at Google to develop Vim, I know they let their workers do so (this
> is something you know better than I am).
>
>
> Any way, if you do w
Damn!
I am so stupid. I haven't read your announcement saying that you are
going to work for Google. If one of the readers in this group was not
saying it almost incidentally in a reply to my question, I probably
wouldn't find out about it.
Working for Google is indeed a great honor, and t
Jonathan Orlev wrote:
> Sure and true, but I guess that what I am asking is how finishing
> version 7 of Vim changes things in this respect. I mean, if developing
> Vim version 7 is a full time job, why developing the current 7 version
> and moving towards version 8 is not a full time job ? Wi
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As Bram didn't elaborate on this now: in post announcing Google job it
he mentioned that sponsor/register program is still valid - but all
money will go directly to ICCF.
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ThanQ for the answer, although it does not answer on what I was asking.
But by now Bram has answered, so you can read h
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The children in Uganda certainly need sponsoring. I needed to money to
be able to work on Vim, they need money to be able to go to school, have
some clothes, etc.
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Sure and true, but I guess that what I am asking is how finishing
version 7 of Vim changes things in this respect. I mean, if
Dnia wtorek, 9 maja 2006 18:55, Jonathan Orlev napisał:
> 2. Since you probably (and hopefully :-) ) plan to keep developing Vim
> 7.X and moving to the next major version (version 8.X) in the future,
> don't you need more sponsoring (beside your voluntary work for Uganda)?
As Bram didn't elaborat
Jonathan Orlev wrote:
> My questions are:
>
> 1. Was developing Vim 7 a full time job?
Certainly.
> 2. Since you probably (and hopefully :-) ) plan to keep developing Vim
> 7.X and moving to the next major version (version 8.X) in the future,
> don't you need more sponsoring (beside your vol
Hello Bram,
[This is the first time I am writing to a Vim mailing list.]
First and foremost, congratulations for the new version. I am currently
using version 6.4, which is also amazing (I am using Vim for a few years
now).
I have a question that other may also find interesting.
The web sit
