alt Hacker NewsIs the value add for Notepad not that it is litterally the most bare bones graphical text editor available in Windows?
Microsoft has already positioned VS Code as its code editor and OneNote as its notetaking app. Why should Notepad compete with these offerings?
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embedding-shape • yesterday at 5:30 PM
Why not? Microsoft's approach seems to be "the more the merrier" even if they have the same intended audiences. Not sure how it makes sense, but considering the company is still around, maybe in some twisted way it does make sense?
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In a Copilot world, Notepad is now meant to render Copilot output, which LLMs do a good job of spitting out Markdown.