Oh gosh, even I with my very low opinion about programming tools with a price tag can't imagine THAT. :)
I guess all that will remain free, only thing I am really worried about is a vendor lock. We kinda saw that already, but it might be worse. 16.01.2014, 00:30, "Joe Hanink" <[email protected]>: > Congrats and good luck with the venture! > > Please don't charge for module usage. Perhaps a membership fee or donation > structure? Do you know what the commercialization will look like? > > Thanks! > > On Wednesday, January 15, 2014 9:02:22 AM UTC-8, Isaac Schlueter wrote: > >> Node's growth has continued and accelerated immensely over the last few >> years. More people are developing and sharing more code with Node and npm >> than I would have ever imagined. Countless companies are using Node, and >> npm along with it. >> >> Over the last year, TJ Fontaine has become absolutely essential to the >> Node.js project. He's been building releases, managing the test bots, >> fixing nasty bugs, and making decisions for the project with constant focus >> on the needs of our users. He was responsible for an update to MDB to >> support running ::findjsobjects on Linux core dumps, and is working on a >> shim layer that will provide a stable C interface for Node binary addons. >> In partnership with Joyent and The Node Firm, he's helped to create a path >> forward for scalable issue triaging. He's become the primary point of >> contact keeping us all driving the project forward together. >> >> Anyone who's been close to the core project knows that he's been >> effectively leading the project for a while now, so we're making it >> official. Effective immediately, TJ Fontaine is the Node.js project lead. >> I will remain a Node core committer, and expect to continue to contribute to >> the project in that role. My primary focus, however, will be npm. >> >> At this point, npm needs work, and I am eager to deliver what the Node >> community needs from its package manager. I am starting a company, npm, >> Inc., to deliver new products and services related to npm. I'll be sharing >> many more details soon about exactly how this is going to work, and what >> we'll be offering. For now, suffice it to say that everything currently >> free will remain free, and everything currently flaky will get less flaky. >> Pursuing new revenue is how we can keep providing the npm registry service >> in a long-term sustainable way, and it has to be done very carefully so that >> we don't damage what we've all built together. >> >> npm is what I'm most passionate about, and I am now in a position to give >> it my full attention. I've done more than I could have hoped to accomplish >> in running Node core, and it's well past time to hand the control of the >> project off to its next gatekeeper. >> >> TJ is exactly the leader who can help us take Node.js to 1.0 and beyond. >> He brings professionalism, rigor, and a continued focus on inclusive >> community values and culture. In the coming days, TJ will spell out his >> plans in greater detail. I look forward to the places that Node will go >> with his guidance. >> >> Please join me in welcoming him to this new role :) > > -- > -- > 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. -- -- 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.
