The real problem is: Komodo does not have a rival IMHO. Once you try it, you never look back :) Eclipse is clumsier and uglier than Komodo the last time I checked. Maybe Padre can rival it at some point, but it's just a baby now. And I agreee about the 4x series, it was crashing a lot. I feel comfortable in Komodo but it's way too expensive and no discounts for even open source project licensing (for example). At least they offer Komodo Edit for free though...