May I ask why did you decide against starting with (Eclipse) Theia instead of VSCode? It's compatible but has better integration and modularity, and doing so m

May I ask why did you decide against starting with (Eclipse) Theia instead of VSCode? It's compatible but has better integration and modularity, and doing so might insulate you a bit from your rather large competitor controlling your destiny. Or is the exit to be bought by Microsoft? By OpenAI? And thus to more closely integrate? If you're open-source but derivative, can they not simply steal your ideas? Or will your value depend on having a lasting hold on your customers? I'm really happy there are full-fledged IDE alternatives, but I find the hub-and-spoke model where VSCode/MS is the only decider of integration patterns is a real problem. LSP has been a race to the bottom, feature-wise, though it really simplified IDE support for small languages.