[gjmveloso]

There is no reason for Microsoft keeping two Electron-based code editor.

Would be nice to see how both communities from VSCode and Atom can work together and drive an even better coding experience with an unlimited extensions ecosystem.

Both Atom and VSCode are great!

[sergiotapia]

Expect Atom to be killed, or just have security updates very soon. Microsoft has teams right now looking at what they can bring in from Atom before shelving it. No sense in having two "electron" based editors.

[rhencke]

That is a substantial claim which runs counter to all public communication from Microsoft and GitHub on the matter so far.

Can you provide anything to substantiate your claim?

[jakear]

I am quite sure that if they had the information to substantiate that claim, they would not be publicly making the claim in the first place.