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> I can't understand why they would preclude Atom from running in a browser. If memory serves me right, I believe it was conceived to be a standalone commercia
by sdesol 10y ago
> I can't understand why they would preclude Atom from running in a browser.
If memory serves me right, I believe it was conceived to be a standalone commercial product, with tight GitHub integration; but somewhere a long the line, it became a free open source project that it is today.
I still don't understand why so much effort is being put into an editor though. I'm guessing people are drawing a comparison with the web browser war, with who owns the editor, will own the developer mind share.
- quadrangle 10y agoGitHub does get huge mindshare from Atom. For packages to be included in Atom's repos, they need to be at GitHub, lots of stuff in Atom assumes GitHub etc. etc.
- pwaring 10y agoThe three applications I use every single day without fail are an editor, an email client and a web browser (I'm a developer/sysadmin). If you provide one of those, I'm going to see your brand all the time, even if I'm not directly aware of it. That's quite a powerful position to be in.