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I'm surprised that no one asking this - but what's the future for Atom in VSCode in light that they are pretty much direct competitors AND developed by same com
by sidorares 8y ago
I'm surprised that no one asking this - but what's the future for Atom in VSCode in light that they are pretty much direct competitors AND developed by same company now. Any plans to merge teams / unify development? ( Or opposite, close one of the projects ? ) Competition was definitely beneficial to both of them, but is it common to have healthy "intra-company" competing products?
- PedroBatista 8y agoOver time there will be divestment on Atom and VSCode will be the "natural" alternative.
- benatkin 8y agoNat Friedman, who will be the new CEO of GitHub, answered this. He said that both would be maintained as long as there were dedicated users, and that he expected it to be for a very long time. I expect it could be used to promote Microsoft. Surprisingly, Atom doesn't even say GitHub above the fold on https://atom.io/ https://atom.io/ There's an octocat above the fold, but it doesn't mention GitHub until further down the page.