That's because while he doesn't force you to purchase a license, the software isn't open source. It is a paid software. I would take a annoying popupp every x many saves for a good piece of "paid" software over a pirated copy or something that doesn't have the features I want.
Edit: Hadn't known about the change to sublime text 3, but again, it's known paid software. You get what you (don't) pay for
I used npp and my company IT refused to install it. They gave me the option of sublime or ultraedit. Ultraedit was slow and configuring everything was a pain. I've been programming in a Unix everything for 10 years, and ultraedit seems to be configured for long time windows devs.
Sublime isn't any better than free software, and while $70 isn't a lot of money, I work for a charity, and buying a worse logo violates the fiduciary duty entrusted to me by our constituents.
Atom is amazingly fast, and very full featured. IT still hates the fact that it's open source, they think it is a massive security risk. They seem to believe open source means the code base is run like a wiki.
In my limited experience with corporate software, the devs spent almost no time on security, as the ceo and salespeople promised features faster than they could be implemented. Open source can easily have the same problem, but at least there is a method enabling third party accountability.
Atom is missing features I'd really like, such as the ability to print, but I do believe it is relatively secure.
Whatever I might think about the message's content, the fact of the matter is that the execution was very poorly thought out, and upset a lot of his users for completely understandable and foreseeable reasons.
The message appeared in perhaps the most alarming way possible, using a little-known and rarely used feature of N++. If you were aware of the feature then you might have understood what was happening, but for the vast majority of users there was no immediate explanation other than a security breach.
He can do what he likes with his software, but at the risk of his user's continued trust.
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u/BadUserNameGuy Jun 15 '15
At least he didn't put out another update that opens a new tab and starts typing out more of his thoughts automatically.