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. > > -- -- Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ Posting guidelines: https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "nodejs" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "nodejs" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
