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GitHub acquires npm

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  1. annadane
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    And by extension Microsoft too

    And by extension Microsoft too

    11 votes
  2. Adys
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    Wow, this is honestly fantastic news. npm was always a dodgy thing in the JS world (and by extension, in tech in general), and it seemed like a problem everyone was burying their heads in the sand...

    Wow, this is honestly fantastic news. npm was always a dodgy thing in the JS world (and by extension, in tech in general), and it seemed like a problem everyone was burying their heads in the sand for.

    MUCH better Microsoft owns it than… many other alternatives. And Much better MS than the previous "independent but not quite" thing they had going on until now.

    10 votes