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Visual editors are great! However closed source development tools tend to not do very well.
by solarkraft 4y ago
Visual editors are great! However closed source development tools tend to not do very well.
- runako 4y agoOne of the top dev tools in the world is Microsoft's Visual Studio (not VS Code). It's doing fine. Similarly, JetBrains makes an incredibly popular set of closed-source dev tools[1]. Most people use dev tools as a part of their jobs. Employers buy tools for their employees. It's a good idea to make great software for developers and then to charge money for it so that you can keep shipping. 1 - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21796793 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21796793
- upupandup 4y agoOpen source doesn't make software inherently better, more reliable or secure. Without a dedicated development direction that is supported financially, you are banking on the generosity of the github author. I have no problem with paid tools, I do have an issue with Stallmanism, gaslighting micro-ISV as evil, while telling OSS devs to suck it up and ask for donations to fund their widely used work.
- solarkraft 4y agoI don't have an issue with paid tools either. I have an issue with non-extensibility and relying on small companies that may go out of business at any moment. You could arguably remediate the former issue with a good plugin API. Then again this program may not be aimed at developers, but more at designers, which may care a bit less about extensibility and covering special use cases.