Theia runs inside a web browser. VS Code doesn't.
The question is, did they approach the VS code team and ask them if they where opposed to this feature. Assuming it does not break anything I cannot see why they would be. I get it, it's open source they can do as they please it just seems to me like the logical first step would be to say hey can we combine efforts. Maybe they did, I don't know, that is the approach I personally would take, improve an already awesome open source offering with my efforts as opposed to creating a one off. I would prefer to feed a larger ecosystem and make the pie bigger.
Re:Theia: Cloud and Desktop IDE
by jamesgeck0 on Monday April 06, 2020 @09:21PM
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Microsoft already got VS Code running in the browser. It's called Visual Studio Online, and it's closed source.
At the end of the day, after who knows how much effort, this thing looks IDENTICAL to VS Code. So what was the point of all the work, apart from Not-Invented-Here? VS Code is MIT licensed. So what exactly is the concern about one company running it? Anyone can fork it and do whatever they want.