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Why all the negativity for Node? Seriously, lots of good developers have spent their time developing this project and all these comments are just about how io.j

Why all the negativity for Node? Seriously, lots of good developers have spent their time developing this project and all these comments are just about how io.js is so great or node failed at x. As far as I can see this looks like good news: "... to establish the Node.js Foundation, which will be committed to the continued growth and evolution of Node.js, while maintaining a collaborative environment to benefit all users." An open source project is getting a stable backbone. Come on people, this is great news for developers.

itsbits 12y ago
I think for quite a lot of time Node wasn't doing much. The rebellion formed IO.Js. But what they forgot is still IO.JS is fork of Node. Only people like us who follow Node closely aware of IO.js thgh. Node is still preferred everywhere. It can still catch up with all the new features like ES6/7.
- aravan 12y ago
  node remains in the name. community cares only about code. IO.JS is gone forward, we are moving with io.js.
- mercer 12y ago
  The problem (for node) is that the kind of developers who would node.js at this point are exactly the kind of developers who are aware of io.js, at the very least, and quite possibly aware of the reasons for its existence (which don't paint node and its steward in a positive light).
dkarapetyan 12y ago
The list of names in the foundation doesn't exactly inspire confidence.
serve_yay 12y ago
This attitude is tiresome. Maybe, some of the negativity is coming from people who have a reason to be negative. I don't like the idea that accomplishments mean a force-field against criticism. (Actually, I hate it.) Plus a lot of the negativity is not about the work itself but about how the project structure prevented work from happening.
- jfaucett 12y ago
  Isn't that why io.js exists, because of the critisim? Its a fork and now the io.js community can do things the way they want, I don't see why people still need to continue criticising node.
cpeterso 12y ago
Many of those good Node developers now work on io.js. They're voting with their feet.

itsbits 12y ago

I think for quite a lot of time Node wasn't doing much. The rebellion formed IO.Js. But what they forgot is still IO.JS is fork of Node. Only people like us who follow Node closely aware of IO.js thgh. Node is still preferred everywhere. It can still catch up with all the new features like ES6/7.

aravan 12y ago
node remains in the name. community cares only about code. IO.JS is gone forward, we are moving with io.js.
mercer 12y ago
The problem (for node) is that the kind of developers who would node.js at this point are exactly the kind of developers who are aware of io.js, at the very least, and quite possibly aware of the reasons for its existence (which don't paint node and its steward in a positive light).

dkarapetyan 12y ago

The list of names in the foundation doesn't exactly inspire confidence.

serve_yay 12y ago

This attitude is tiresome. Maybe, some of the negativity is coming from people who have a reason to be negative. I don't like the idea that accomplishments mean a force-field against criticism. (Actually, I hate it.) Plus a lot of the negativity is not about the work itself but about how the project structure prevented work from happening.

jfaucett 12y ago
Isn't that why io.js exists, because of the critisim? Its a fork and now the io.js community can do things the way they want, I don't see why people still need to continue criticising node.

cpeterso 12y ago

Many of those good Node developers now work on io.js. They're voting with their feet.