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Re:Textmate2 Goes Open Source by mdemare on Thursday August 09, 2012 @04:02PM (#4362932)
> The fact that there wasn't another editor that fulfilled all those "needs" at the time (mainly: simple, native looking) does not mean that it deserved it's success. What I'm saying is, it got its success not because it was better than the competition but because there was no competition.

What kind of doublespeak is that? If there's a race, and you're the only one who shows up, you deserve to win, period.

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Re:Textmate2 Goes Open Source by KingMob on Friday August 10, 2012 @12:47AM (#4364947)
Uhh, the same doublespeak as pointing out that if you're the only one to show up for a race, you're also the one that came in last?
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Re:Textmate2 Goes Open Source by batista on Friday August 10, 2012 @11:56AM (#4366704)
>What kind of doublespeak is that? If there's a race, and you're the only one who shows up, you deserve to win, period.

It's not doublespeak, it's common sense. If "you're the only one who shows up" it's not much of a race (or a victory).

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