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Vim hall of honour

by stratosvoukel on 5/17/13, 4:36 AM with 47 comments

  • by SwellJoe on 5/17/13, 9:22 AM

    I'm just gonna take this as a reminder that I'm probably due to drop a few more dollars in the bucket. I've contributed $250 over the 15 years I've been using vim, which puts me comfortably in the hall of honour...but that's still not a lot of money for what is, arguably, the most important piece of software I use. $16.67 per year...that's a bargain.

    When I worked in C, I used vim.

    When I wrote shell scripts, I used vim.

    When I worked in Python, I used vim.

    When I came back to using Perl after many years away from it, I used vim.

    When I kept notes at conferences, I used vim.

    When I wrote my first book, I used vim.

    When I built my first (second, third, and dozenth) website, I used vim.

    I can think of very few pieces of software that have stuck with me consistently through all those years. Linux, Apache, BIND, bash, the gnu core tools (grep, sed, etc.)...that's pretty much it. Nearly everything else has changed, sometimes several times.

  • by rbonvall on 5/17/13, 6:08 AM

    It's a nice surprise to see tpope as one of the top donators. What he has contributed to the vim community through his plugins was already worth much more than that IMHO.

  • by alpb on 5/17/13, 9:17 AM

    Note, right now all donations go to a clinic in Uganda since author of Vim has a full-time job and is paid.

  • by pokoleo on 5/17/13, 5:16 AM

  • by Dylan16807 on 5/17/13, 5:29 AM

    Can someone explain the title?

    Quoting in case the overaggressive title changer happens to stop by: Vim is certainly worth more than 100 euro (vim.org)

  • by spullara on 5/17/13, 5:48 AM

    Let's say VIM didn't exist right now. Could you imagine selling it for 100 euro?

  • by swah on 5/17/13, 12:04 PM

    Do you guys Vim is as good in non-Unix environments?

  • by ConceitedCode on 5/17/13, 5:32 AM

    Yes, it is worth more than a 100 euro, but you really couldn't use a better title?

  • by kk3 on 5/17/13, 5:29 AM

    www.freeonlineapps.com www.freeonlineapps.com is a very generous person.

  • by throwaway1980 on 5/17/13, 5:46 AM

    > Vim is certainly worth more than 100 euro (original title)

    The monetary value of a copy of free / open source software is effectively zero, provided that at least some people are distributing it without restrictions and free of charge such that it is readily available.