"Hey, let's write an editor for a browser. Oh wait, we need a browser for that editor".
Something good will probably come out of this eventually. I mean if they manage to turn electron into a true native cross platform app framework it's nice.
…then you’ll end up back where you started with the JVM.
Instead of using web tech to build native apps I think we should focus on improving browsers so that web apps behave more like native apps and have the same capabilities. Browsers should be the cross-platform VM and webassembly is a good step in that direction.