Imhi Npm is two things a cli tool, and a central repo that tries to be the one and only js repo: to make money from that position. Their infra costs them money

Imhi Npm is two things a cli tool, and a central repo that tries to be the one and only js repo: to make money from that position. Their infra costs them money only because that was their angle for selling out. Linux repos take the alternative approach to try to get as many mirrors as possible so it can remain free. Microsoft did not buy npm to help it become free. Believe. They bought it because they rekon they can make buck out of it. That buck comes from somewhere. Nodejs going to the Linux foundation was good news. Microsoft buying Npm is bad news.