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Eclipse Theia 1.0 – Open-Source Alternative to Visual Studio Code

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Re: Eclipse Theia 1.0 – Open-Source Alternative to Visual Studio Code

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Post by throw_away »

whatsmyusername wrote: post #30
bobblywobbles wrote: post #29

What are the problems with VSCode? I'm all for making alternatives if they are closed or you need to pay, but I believe Microsoft is doing a good service with all the regular and frequent updates to VSCode. Correct me if I missed something.

It's not not-vscode so someone had to make not-vscode vscode.

Here, I've been using not-eclipse all this time.

Re: Eclipse Theia 1.0 – Open-Source Alternative to Visual Studio Code

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Post by Angeo34 »

nailer wrote: post #26

"True Open-Source Alternative to Visual Studio Code" misleadingly implies VScode isn't Open Source. Flagging the article. There is no 'true' Open Source. There is software that meets the OSD, and software that does not. VScode is Open Source.

vscode isn't open source it's proprietary Microsoft. only "code oss" is.

Re: Eclipse Theia 1.0 – Open-Source Alternative to Visual Studio Code

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Post by [deleted] »

sbuttgereit wrote: post #7

OK, I'll bite... "...that enable developers, organizations, and vendors to create new, extensible solutions that avoid the fees associated with VS Code." What fees are they talking about? VS Code is not my regular editor, but the whole thing seems to indicate confusion between "Visual Studio" and "Visual Studio Code". I am missing something or is the Eclipse Foundation really conflating the two?

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Re: Eclipse Theia 1.0 – Open-Source Alternative to Visual Studio Code

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Post by nailer »

Angeo34 wrote: post #33
nailer wrote: post #26

"True Open-Source Alternative to Visual Studio Code" misleadingly implies VScode isn't Open Source. Flagging the article. There is no 'true' Open Source. There is software that meets the OSD, and software that does not. VScode is Open Source.

vscode isn't open source it's proprietary Microsoft. only "code oss" is.

The difference is trademark files (which are handled by copyright not software licenses) and settings (likewise these are not licensed). Almost exactly like Red Hat Linux compared to CentOS. See https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/issues/60#issuecomment-1...

Re: Eclipse Theia 1.0 – Open-Source Alternative to Visual Studio Code

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Post by hirako2000 »

I tend to ignore what the Eclipse foundation is producing because of their poor development of the Eclipse IDE; they do have a point though when they mention true open source. VS Code is excellent, but is backed by a for profit enterprise, the same enterprise that now backs the Atom editor.

There are a number concerns pending when our development and infrastructure eco systems are open source but controlled by for profit entities.

Or perhaps there is no concern, let's type our code with VS Code, Stash it on Github, attend daily updates and video conference to discuss as a group on Team, and deploy on Azure.

Re: Eclipse Theia 1.0 – Open-Source Alternative to Visual Studio Code

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Post by ubertaco »

scriptproof wrote: post #12
newprint wrote: post #6

But why ? What is the point ? There is already Visual Studio(free community edition equivalent to Professional Edition), Visual Studio Code, IntelliJ. Why waste more time and effort to re-invent the wheel ? As OSS project, it will not be able to keep-up with changes to MSBuild and .NET

Citation: "Unfortunately, Microsoft prohibits non-Visual Studio products from installing any binaries downloaded from their marketplace". Etc...

If that were the case, then coc.nvim [0] wouldn't work quite the way it does. I run VSCode extensions in NeoVim all the time now.

[0] https://github.com/neoclide/coc.nvim

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