Wtf. Why would one start with the software-patent and lawsuit-based platform?

Does nobody at github have any sense of ethics? Github was built on open source software and Linux. Why not give something back? Why support those who spend national budgets on anti open-source lawsuits?

It is rather disappointing that github heads down the Mac OS path while they base their company around a concept which is rather strange to most things Apple - openness and sharing. Writing for Mac OS first also makes it harder to port to other platforms as it is a rather idiosyncratic platform.

If they insist on pushing Mac OS AND want to be seen as a good free software citizen they might want to consider putting some effort in the GNUstep project. Once GNUstep is up to par they should be able to build for that on Linux and Windows with minimal porting efforts.

Still, I'm disappointed in the lack of vision many of these so-called 'open source' companies exhibit. Don't they realise that by pushing these closed, proprietary platforms they undermine the very base of their own existence? The software and community which github depends on was not the result of the generous sponsorship from Microsoft and Apple after all...

Err... because you want to try out an experimental text editor that's rumoured to be quite nice and you run Windows? seriously, what on earth is the point of your post? Are you trying to make a snarky comment about something? if so, at least flesh it out with some actual humour or context.

FYI:

At the moment Atom only runs on OS X (10.8 or later). Windows and Linux releases are on the roadmap.

From atom.io/faq