Thanks for the insightful comments. Nobody addressed Joyent's new business 
initiative in competition with StrongLoop or how their IP claims impact 
that. It'll be interesting to see how that goes.

Mikeal, thanks for your work on node, too. Regarding Joyent's credibility: 
point taken -- it's really the whole node ecosystem that gets hurt when 
articles like "Slap-fight in Node Land" hit the press.  As you say, 
creating a separate node foundation isn't realistic. The proposal was about 
exploring what an existing foundation like Apache (or Eclipse, or Mozilla) 
has to offer. Comments for/against were expected. Incidentally, submitting 
a project to the Apache Incubator is free.

Isaac, agreed "perceived ownership" isn't the right phrase. People could be 
thinking of Oracle and MySQL / Hudson / Java, but I'm not sure there's a 
succinct word for that situation. Many good points in your reply, but it 
seems targeted at the early adopters. You asserted Joyent's ownership and 
referred to node as a "cash cow"; if I'm trying to justify the use of 
Node.JS to a room full of managers or a new startup, and this statement 
came up, it would be problematic.

Matt, definitely agree with your comments about alienating Ben. 
Misunderstandings happen, and if they can't be resolved without immediately 
"firing" someone, that's bad. There has to be a better way.

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