npm isnt hosted at joyent, npm isnt wrtten in node, its CouchDB, theres more details @ http://blog.nodejs.org/2013/11/26/npm-post-mortem/ http://blog.nodejs.org

npm isnt hosted at joyent, npm isnt wrtten in node, its CouchDB, theres more details @ http://blog.nodejs.org/2013/11/26/npm-post-mortem/ http://blog.nodejs.org/2013/11/26/npm-post-mortem/ Even if it were, not sure what the issue would be, npm is a public service that costs money to run, they are asking for money from people who use that service.