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I didn’t use Atom much, but I think it’s obvious that the primary reason it died was because Microsoft decided to make their own competing editor, and then boug
by bogwog 4y ago
I didn’t use Atom much, but I think it’s obvious that the primary reason it died was because Microsoft decided to make their own competing editor, and then bought the parent company of Atom. It wasn’t exactly the most popular editor at the time, but it did still have some users.
Reminds me of how Adobe killed off FreeHand (the only competitor to Illustrator at the time) by buying the parent company and then halting development.
Of course, Microsoft likely gave zero shits about Atom as a competitive threat since it was effectively dead at the time anyways, but I still think it’s interesting to see the similarities to the Adobe situation.
- mynameisvlad 4y ago> the primary reason it died was because Microsoft decided to make their own competing editor > Microsoft likely gave zero shits about Atom as a competitive threat since it was effectively dead at the time anyways How can Microsoft both give zero shits because it was effectively dead, while also still being the primary reason it died? That seems to be a chicken-egg problem.
- bogwog 4y agoI mean that Microsoft's acquisition of Github had nothing to do with Atom whatsoever (I assume), but the acquisition was the final nail in the coffin for it. Would it have survived if Microsoft didn't acquire Github? It's possible, however unlikely. But after the acquisition? Not a chance.
- pygy_ 4y agoChronology. VSCode ate Atom's lunch before MS purchased GH.
- akagusu 4y agoGlad to see that someone remembered FreeHand. It was much better than Ilustrator, this is why Adobe killed it.
- bogwog 4y agoI don't know what's worse, that Adobe would do something so shamelessly anti-consumer and anti-competitive, or that the FTC did nothing to stop such an obviously bad acquisition.
- akagusu 4y agoToday we can clearly see that as anti-competitive and anti-consumer acquisition, but at time, I guarantee you the FTC saw the agreement as business as usual, since it does not know how to regulate tech companies even today.