> I see VSCode as a net positive, but I think it's healthy to keep in mind the embrance->extend bigger picture.
It is a terrible point. Emacs and vim have been around for 'how' long and they are still niche and difficult to use.
VSCode made it better, especially with LSPs. Make all the terrible arguments you want. Still does not change that before more people used the Windows only VS Studio and now they can use the (mostly free) VSCode on Linux. Whatever attempt Microsoft is making to embrace Linux to prevent a possible dev shift they are still cannibalizing their VS Studio sales to do so and Vim/Emacs still does not offer a good response to Code.
> This is part of parent's point IMHO.
> I see VSCode as a net positive, but I think it's healthy to keep in mind the embrance->extend bigger picture.
It is a terrible point. Emacs and vim have been around for 'how' long and they are still niche and difficult to use.
VSCode made it better, especially with LSPs. Make all the terrible arguments you want. Still does not change that before more people used the Windows only VS Studio and now they can use the (mostly free) VSCode on Linux. Whatever attempt Microsoft is making to embrace Linux to prevent a possible dev shift they are still cannibalizing their VS Studio sales to do so and Vim/Emacs still does not offer a good response to Code.