This is a big deal, because of who is involved. Here's the list of people involved: * Indutny (listed as a Node.js code team member) * Trevor Norris (als

This is a big deal, because of who is involved. Here's the list of people involved: * Indutny (listed as a Node.js code team member) * Trevor Norris (also a Node.js core team member) * Isaac Schlueter (cited as a Node.js core team alumni) * Ben Noordhuis (also an alumni) * Bert Belder (another alumni and a Node.js maintainer) Compared to the Node list of top contributors: https://github.com/joyent/node/graphs/contributors https://github.com/joyent/node/graphs/contributors Here's some better information: http://www.infoworld.com/article/2855057/application-development/why-iojs-decided-to-fork-nodejs.html http://www.infoworld.com/article/2855057/application-develop...