I understand some folks trepidation but where was npm going anyway?
Am I weird for thinking it didn't need to go anywhere?
NPM Is Joining GitHub
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Re: NPM Is Joining GitHub
#32"Github acquires npm" would be a better title IMO.
Today we've announced that we've signed an agreement to acquire NPM but we technically have not acquired them yet (referred to as "closed"). NPM is still their own company for now and that's why the language is future tense.
"Github is acquiring npm" then. "NPM is joining Github" sounds like you're just using Github to host your stuff.
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#33Is this a too big to fail kind of charity acquisition?
no, this is microsoft "embracing" (buying control of) a huge point of centralization in a software distribution ecosystem, positioning them to have greater power over a huge number of developers.
Microsoft turned their reputation around in recent years with developers but I wonder how long it will last.
Re: NPM Is Joining GitHub
#34"Github acquires npm" would be a better title IMO.
"Microsoft acquires npm"
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#35I'm not liking the consolidation. Never ends well, ever. Not even in one case in the history of humanity.
I'll be switching from Github to other providers for my own projects, and use a different editor soon (using vscode now).
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#36Gotta respect how Microsoft couldn't build anything the open source community wanted to work with/on so instead they used their Windows and Office monopoly to buy everyone's favorite playgrounds.
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#37Thank god. NPM is so crappy it desperately needs institutional support.
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#38Embrace, extend, extinguish.
I can see why this comment is downvoted, because it's mostly superficial, but also, there's some truth to this perspective. Microsoft's acquisitions raise questions for what the open source ecosystem of tomorrow will look like. Chrome seemed to answer a lot of issues with browsers when it came out, but look how many people today are uncertain now that the API's powering the uBlock extension will be deprecated. It would be short-sighted for us to look at Chrome's history, and then say "nothing could ever happen to Open Source" without giving the perspective a serious consideration.
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#39I'm surprised there's not a single mention of "Microsoft" in this or the npm announcement [1], given the old-evil-history of Microsoft and the new-nice Microsoft we have today. I would expect that there was at least a mention, considering the reason that most modules in npm are still in ES5 is exactly because of the monopolistic practices that Microsoft followed back in the day which makes Internet Explorer still rel…
I mean. It's a subsidiary. I understand your sentiment but mentioning Microsoft would be like signaling that GitHub doesn't have any autonomy which is quite the contrary to what Microsoft said when buying it. So don't expect sudden sincerity on this. There's a reason why they haven't added Microsoft branding to areas like the footer.
Re: NPM Is Joining GitHub
#40"Github acquires npm" would be a better title IMO.
Yeah, I was confused when I first heard of it because it seems like an odd couple to "join" one another. However, it makes perfect sense for github to purchase npm.