Arduino developers get extra support as Codeanywhere acquires Codebender
techcrunch.com
techcrunch.com
Great! Care to elaborate how that translates into benefit for Arduino developers in general, or those using either of the IDEs in particular?
No? Oh, OK.
So what Techcrunch is saying is that they get zero actual support, but lay down an implication that they're going to get some fresh stuff in their IDEs that is not only better than anything any other IDE has, but also justifies the transition cost. And/or are implying that this won't cause more headache than benefit to existing users as the products get merged.
And what exactly is this claim based on? A nugget of news about an acquisition, the funding they were able to raise, existing userbase size, and an glowing quote from the CEO.
gg, Techcrunch.
Building an IDE is a really, really, _really_ complex thing to do, and building one on the Cloud is 10X harder because the toolchains are much more complicated, and the technology is sometimes not even there and you have to break through technological barriers. It's telling that the other Cloud IDEs had millions of funding, and some of them still failed.
So the very first upside is that you can combine forces. 90% of the work is generic, and it's currently being done twice for 2 different Cloud IDEs. There's no point in reinventing the wheel. Add to that the Marketing costs that are also double, etc etc, and you can start to see how, organically, joining forces is better for both. Add to that the shared visions both companies had and the complimentary solutions/markets (one for Web Devs, one for Makers), and you start to see some big wins for all.
Care to take another stab at it?