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Re:Why Did Microsoft Build VSCode? Turns Out, GitHub Copilot by Eldt on Wednesday June 14, 2023 @02:12PM (#36330087)
You don't think the popularity of atom vs visual studio wasn't the main factor?
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Re:Why Did Microsoft Build VSCode? Turns Out, GitHub Copilot by jay_kyburz on Wednesday June 14, 2023 @04:39PM (#36332284)
Yeah, It's pretty clear to me MS sees the web as the future and they had the big heavy (expensive) Visual Studio and Notepad and nothing in between.
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