Comment by ezekg

8 years ago

VSCode is built on top of the same framework as Atom, Electron, which was previously called Atom-shell.

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frutiger  8 years ago

It's worth noting that the core contributors to Electron are Github employees.

  • toyg  8 years ago

    That gives the acquisition a very different perspective.

    What if MS is really buying Electron? It’s something they’ve been using a lot in all their recent products, and it’s a key technology in the contemporary development landscape. Making it more Windows-friendly would definitely help them.

    • statictype  8 years ago

      Improving Electron can be done far cheaper and easier than acquiring a company.

      The only thing GitHub has that Microsoft can't easily get on their own is the user base. That's what this acquisition will be about.

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