The issue here is that Microsoft pretends to be FOSS-friendly while they are not.
> Even if they don't, there's nothing wrong with a company holding back some stuff they consider strategic
It is when you are going to potentially get into legal trouble for improving said software. Or when your code is leaked due to an extension whose code you can't inspect.
Coldtea: Notepad++ is foss.
> the same thing that happened to all those people using ...
Just because you do not know about it it does not mean that it has not happened. In addition would you be willing to be the first person that this happens to? If they had nothing shady to hide they would release the source of said addons.
(also, IntelliJ and Sublime are paid software, they are not closed source for the fun of it, unlike the subject of this topic)
>Or when your code is leaked due to an extension whose code you can't inspect.
Yeah, the same thing that happened to all those people using XCode, Visual Studio proper, IntelliJ, Notepad++, Sublime Text, and so on.... Oh, wait, it hasn't...
> Even if they don't, there's nothing wrong with a company holding back some stuff they consider strategic
It is when you are going to potentially get into legal trouble for improving said software. Or when your code is leaked due to an extension whose code you can't inspect.
Coldtea: Notepad++ is foss.
> the same thing that happened to all those people using ...
Just because you do not know about it it does not mean that it has not happened. In addition would you be willing to be the first person that this happens to? If they had nothing shady to hide they would release the source of said addons.
(also, IntelliJ and Sublime are paid software, they are not closed source for the fun of it, unlike the subject of this topic)