[bhouston]

I think this is what IO.js wanted right? What were their other demands? It would be cool to see Node.JS and IO.js unified again and moving quickly forward.

(I'm self interested because we essentially bet our company on Node/IO.)

[wereHamster]

Unlikely to happen. NodeJS has gone the enterprise way, which is to say that from now on it'll only receive bug/security fixes. It'll stay at the v8 version it is at today, so no new JavaScript features will be added to it (ie. no ES6/7). That's fine, apparently some people prefer that. Everybody else can switch to io.js and enjoy regular updates.

[WalterSear]

I don't think so. Io.js isn't a hand forcing - it's a horse bolting.

Joyent's hand has been 'forced' to shut the barn door.

[warfangle]

Well, 0.12 has finally been released (after what, two years?) - so there's that.

[nailer]

> What were their other demands?

The trademarks should be given to the foundation, like they are with, say Python and the Python Software Foundation.

[Thaxll]

You bet your company on a single product that is 5 years old? :/

[bhouston]

Just like Facebook bet the company on PHP, not quite but you choose technologies and tend to stick with them for a while.

[testrun]

What are you using?