It won't be going away. Microsoft and GitHub have both independently said they see a place for Atom and they're not getting rid of it. Let's also not forget th

It won't be going away. Microsoft and GitHub have both independently said they see a place for Atom and they're not getting rid of it. Let's also not forget that the deal isn't done yet. They still have 5-ish months to go before it's done. It'll probably still go through but until then they're separate companies (and even after then GitHub is becoming a subsidiary).