Comment by stonogo Comment by stonogo 19 hours ago 5 replies Copy Link View on Hacker News Because Microsoft already owns that.
Copy Link Octoth0rpe 19 hours ago Next Collapse Comment - Are you referring to node? MS doesn't own that. It's maintained by Joyent, who in turn is owned by Samsung. Reply View | 3 replies Copy Link simonw 19 hours ago Parent Collapse Comment - Joyent handed Node.js over to a foundation in 2015, and that foundation merged into the JS Foundation to become the OpenJS Foundation in 2019.I'm not sure if Joyent have any significant role in Node.js maintenance any more. Reply View | 2 replies Copy Link Octoth0rpe 19 hours ago Root Parent Collapse Comment - Oops, thank you :)regardless, it's certainly not MS. Reply View | 1 reply Copy Link stonogo 13 hours ago Root Parent Collapse Comment - Microsoft owns npm outright and controls every aspect of the infrastructure that node.js relies on. It also sits on the board (and is one of the few platinum members) of the Linux Foundation, which controls openjs. It is certainly MS. Reply View | 0 replies
Copy Link simonw 19 hours ago Parent Collapse Comment - Joyent handed Node.js over to a foundation in 2015, and that foundation merged into the JS Foundation to become the OpenJS Foundation in 2019.I'm not sure if Joyent have any significant role in Node.js maintenance any more. Reply View | 2 replies Copy Link Octoth0rpe 19 hours ago Root Parent Collapse Comment - Oops, thank you :)regardless, it's certainly not MS. Reply View | 1 reply Copy Link stonogo 13 hours ago Root Parent Collapse Comment - Microsoft owns npm outright and controls every aspect of the infrastructure that node.js relies on. It also sits on the board (and is one of the few platinum members) of the Linux Foundation, which controls openjs. It is certainly MS. Reply View | 0 replies
Copy Link Octoth0rpe 19 hours ago Root Parent Collapse Comment - Oops, thank you :)regardless, it's certainly not MS. Reply View | 1 reply Copy Link stonogo 13 hours ago Root Parent Collapse Comment - Microsoft owns npm outright and controls every aspect of the infrastructure that node.js relies on. It also sits on the board (and is one of the few platinum members) of the Linux Foundation, which controls openjs. It is certainly MS. Reply View | 0 replies
Copy Link stonogo 13 hours ago Root Parent Collapse Comment - Microsoft owns npm outright and controls every aspect of the infrastructure that node.js relies on. It also sits on the board (and is one of the few platinum members) of the Linux Foundation, which controls openjs. It is certainly MS. Reply View | 0 replies
Are you referring to node? MS doesn't own that. It's maintained by Joyent, who in turn is owned by Samsung.