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They didn't make VSCode altruistically, they did it to kill a raft of competing text editors that were on the rise. Atom, Sublime Text, etc etc. I think you c
by jay_kyburz 5y ago
They didn't make VSCode altruistically, they did it to kill a raft of competing text editors that were on the rise. Atom, Sublime Text, etc etc.
I think you call it commoditize your complements.
- Zababa 5y agoAlso as a way to promote Typescript, since VSCode has great Typescript support, which is also something by Microsoft.
- merb 5y agowell with the purchase of github they can basically kill atom? and sublime text is/was niche. I have it, but it was still more or less a niche editor.
- tomnipotent 5y agoIt's a business, of course they didn't make it altruistically.
- jesseryoung 5y agoI doubt that Microsoft was looking to get into the "advanced text editor" business. Their biggest money maker is Azure, they made a text editor that promotes Azure.