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Post by WalterGR » Tue, May 07, 2019, 5:25 AM UTC

pytester wrote: post #77

Vinnl wrote: post #61

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Thanks for pointing that out. (Also odd formulation of the question: "Why aren't the open soure? - We made the decision to keep them closed source." The actual answer is to the next question: "we may provide premium developer services.")

After embracing open source, they appear to now be extending it...

Post by geekraver » Wed, May 08, 2019, 12:22 AM UTC

manishsharan wrote: post #30

As an "oldtimer", I tried out AWS Cloud9 and other cloud based IDEs and came away deeply unimpressed . However my frame of reference was to my experience with my heavily customized IDEs. However, my daughter's classroom uses only online IDEs. I think they got used to this style of IDEs when they got started with Scratch programming in elementary school. These kids are much more comfortable and productive on the onlin…

Post by WalterGR » Wed, May 08, 2019, 4:37 AM UTC

hackerfromthefu wrote: post #134

WalterGR wrote: post #131

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After embracing open source, they appear to now be extending it... This is an add-on to Microsoft’s open source editor... Is your concern that Microsoft has embraced VS Code, is now extending it, and has the sinister end goal of exterminating VS Code?

What happens is they extinguish the competing alternative open source products, by taking mindshare and users from them. Then once the alternatives are no longer so viable, they use their dominant market share to their advantage and the detriment of users. It's what google has done with Android, Chrome, Gmail.