Emacs has lasted 40 years with a stable (but small) market share. It's outlived every other editor with the exception of Vim. It will probably outlive Atom, and

Emacs has lasted 40 years with a stable (but small) market share. It's outlived every other editor with the exception of Vim. It will probably outlive Atom, and it looks like it's going to outlive Netbeans. I'd argue stubborn resistance to most new concepts regardless of their sheen is a contributor. I think people underrate that as a trait. You want some bastions. Loads of it is insane but they also don't make many new mistakes.