now that #atom belongs to #microsoft will you finally embrace #emacs?
@steckerhalter checking. Damn autocorrect.
@Sloum it's weird, I understood it and didn't even object much to the "fucking out" 😆
@steckerhalter Nope, because Atom is open source. If they relicense it, I'll use the open source fork that appears.
@steckerhalter holy shit ur right!
@steckerhalter Yeah I honestly feel conflicted about this hahahahah.
@steckerhalter Why would I (if I hadn't done so before)?
Atom is a totally different tool than Emacs, and both are open source.
What one does should not be judged as right or wrong only by looking at who the one is.
I think. 😂
@Aarkon I do care who owns software. I'm ok with the FSF, but I'm not ok with MS and using their tools because then I endorse MS, I enlarge their user base etc.
@steckerhalter Yet Emacs is still something else than atom. 😉
Also, I for one appreciate commitment to open source even from companies: This is one way of feeding people for writing FLOSS code.
Politically, I'd prefer a foundation, too, but looking at code quality, there definitely is some value in professional software development.
Which I don't say because I code for money and want to advertise my industry. 😅
@steckerhalter Atom, vi, vim, Nano, etc... are text editors. Emacs is actually more accurately described as a (semi-)automated and easily extensible text processor. Emacs does some truly amazing things and when you learn Elisp it can do almost anything. But if all you want to do is edit a few text files and go on to something else, it isn't that ideal unless you live in it anyway. People will use what they find works best. Full disclosure... I am one of the guys that lives in it.
@steckerhalter I've been thinking of fucking out Spacemacs for that very reason... Now that you mention it.