Relevant: There's a discussion on HN in response to Ben Noordhuis 
officially leaving Node.JS core dev.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6845286


On Wednesday, December 4, 2013 11:17:39 AM UTC-5, Darren DeRidder wrote:
>
> 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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