Io.js and Node.js reconciliation proposal • Hacker News Board

Re: Io.js and Node.js reconciliation proposal

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Post by petercooper » Sat, Feb 28, 2015, 3:23 AM UTC

mh- wrote: post #78

mintplant wrote: post #54

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Downvoted or not, this is now my favorite comment on the site. Bureaucratic surrealism is the best way to describe the situation.

I can't believe I read it to the end. After, I googled some of the text to see if this was a variant of some copypasta.

It actually is. The last two paragraphs are reworkings of Sir Humphrey from Yes Minister, a British political comedy from the early 80s that mocked bureaucracy and politics (while scarily showing it for what it really was).

Re: Io.js and Node.js reconciliation proposal

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Post by fugyk » Sat, Feb 28, 2015, 7:20 AM UTC

ac360 wrote: post #33

Why reconcile? This is awesome competition. It involves open-source competitors. Today's gripes will soon be forgotten.

This type of competition is not good as there will only be minor differences which will confuse others. They will not be viewed as two different environments but two version of same environment. Developers will not want their libraries to work only with io when they can make it work with node with a hack. This can create situation like unix/windows compatibility. And using same package manager worsens the situation.

Re: Io.js and Node.js reconciliation proposal

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Post by drderidder » Mon, Mar 02, 2015, 9:23 PM UTC

All the core team really lacks now is the node.js label. Joyent's trademark seems weak, since the term was in prior use for commercial purposes well before they came along. A trademark challenge might be one possibility. On the other hand, name changes in other open source projects have worked out just fine.