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Under Bryan Bogensberger's leadership, npm lost: - its CTO - its COO co-founder - some fantastic people in the JavaScript community - a federal labor disput
by jeremiahlee 7y ago
Under Bryan Bogensberger's leadership, npm lost:
- its CTO
- its COO co-founder
- some fantastic people in the JavaScript community
- a federal labor dispute
- its culture
- its reputation
- its business model to Github
- k__ 7y agoDon't know if they lost anything at all to GitHub (yet). But let's see how Entropic and GH package registries turn out.
- smacktoward 7y ago"But other than that, how was the play, Mrs. Lincoln?"
- cpeterso 7y agoAnd he has only been CEO for eight months (January 2019). https://blog.npmjs.org/post/181872197694/npm-inc-has-a-new-ceo-bryan-bogensberger https://blog.npmjs.org/post/181872197694/npm-inc-has-a-new-c...
- pluma 7y agoTo be fair, people started leaving last year when the leadership change was first announced internally.
- MrBuddyCasino 7y agoThey had a business model?
- koolba 7y agoI always assumed their business model was "Stay afloat till $BIG_CORP acquires us".
- jacurtis 7y agoI think that is still the business model. The $7 /mo for enterprise is the "Stay Afloat until..." part of that business model
- aikah 7y agoIt's obvious to me that Microsoft will end up buying NPM Inc.
- goatinaboat 7y agoWhy? They already own Github which is about to reduce NPM to “feature, not product” status
- dredmorbius 7y agoWhy did Facebook buy WhatsApp, or Oracle buy Peoplesoft? Typically: to enhance their offerings, remove a competitor, or shut it down.
- steveklabnik 7y agoThey sell “organizations” for $7/month which gives you private packages, and also https://www.npmjs.com/products/enterprise https://www.npmjs.com/products/enterprise
- fharper 7y agobest comment!