[vshan]

From Nat Friedman, future CEO of GitHub (https://www.reddit.com/r/AMA/comments/8pc8mf/im_nat_friedman...):

"Developers are really particular about their setup, and choosing an editor is one of the most personal decisions a developer makes. Languages change, jobs change, you often get a new computer or upgrade your OS, but you usually pick an editor and grow with it for years. The last thing I would want to do is take that decision away from Atom users.

Atom is a fantastic editor with a healthy community, adoring fans, excellent design, and a promising foray into real-time collaboration. At Microsoft, we already use every editor from Atom to VS Code to Sublime to Vim, and we want developers to use any editor they prefer with GitHub.

So we will continue to develop and support both Atom and VS Code going forward."

[titanix2]

That's a 5 months old reply. Microsoft bought GitHub and have their own code editor based on a similar technology. They might have said that they will keep it but the company is known for ditching products and lying about it until its obvious they won't continue support.