>Anything special about Atom that you don't get in something like Vim or Emacs?
A majority of programmers actually wanting to use it.
While we might use Emacs and Vim in our echo chamber, the huge masses of programmers prefer an IDE or something like TextMate, SublimeText, Notepad++ etc.
The speaker was explicit about FB's preference for IDEs and IDE features, and their belief that these features make them more productive. So in that respect their internal majority has already spoken.
A majority of programmers actually wanting to use it.
While we might use Emacs and Vim in our echo chamber, the huge masses of programmers prefer an IDE or something like TextMate, SublimeText, Notepad++ etc.