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Microsoft Acquires npm

Today, news broke that GitHub and its parent company Microsoft, acquired npm and its public repository of open source JavaScript packages.

Sonatype CTO Brian Fox shares his reaction in this post, Microsoft Acquires npm: A Healthy Move for Critical Public Infrastructure.

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George Nance

I don't know how I feel about this. It feels dirty that Microsoft now controls a large portion of JS economy.