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> There’s a pretty good reason, actually, and it’s exactly npm.

You mean whoever created NPM the business profited from Node JS barebone standard library, which Node JS creator himself regretted creating an opportunity for a commercial package manager and registry by making his creating depend on such commercial product.



Profited? I thought NPM had to be acquired because they couldn’t figure out a sustainable business model.


> Profited? I thought NPM had to be acquired because they couldn’t figure out a sustainable business model.

Since when acquisitions are free for the buyer? Someobody made a lot of money from NPM.




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