I was at a conference recently and had the privilege of mikeal (@mikeal) explain the differences between io.js and node.js, as well as the future that he and t

I was at a conference recently and had the privilege of mikeal (@mikeal) explain the differences between io.js and node.js, as well as the future that he and the io.js team saw for node as a whole. All that he articulated at the conference is pretty much what you see on iojs.org. What struck me in particular was how reasonable and level-headed he was about the entire controversy. While it would be very easy to castigate Joyent for their incompetence, mikeal was positive throughout the whole presentation, without having that positivity detract from the mission of io.js (i.e. he said things that were nice, but not empty or hollow.) His fellow, emilyrose (also on github), also seemed like a fairly intelligent person. From that short encounter alone, I would say IO.JS appears have quite to have a healthy community. Here's hoping they can take Node off of Joyent's hands, and merge IO.JS into it.