I never heard that news but I have a feeling that it sprouted from the Atom release announcement. It breaks my heart when I get to hear such rumors because most of these great software are backed well by the community but just because another software with similar functionality props up, people assume that one of them must have given up.<p>I am still using ST3 Beta unregistered because currently I do not have the money to afford it but I definitely will support it's development as it is the only text editor which suits me.
you may want to fix the spelling,
"and there reply" -> "and their reply"
"I’ve decided" -> "I decided"<p><a href="http://www.wikihow.com/Use-There,-Their-and-They%27re" rel="nofollow">http://www.wikihow.com/Use-There,-Their-and-They%27re</a>
sorry, don't know of a good reference for the second one and I don't believe I'd explain it well.