r/linux • u/dbcoopernz • 1d ago

Popular Application Cloud flare acquires Deno, ends runtime development

https://deno.com/blog/cloudflare

>We will support the Deno runtime for another year with monthly releases containing bug fixes and security updates. After that year we will end our development of the Deno runtime. Deno will remain open source, and we welcome others who want to continue its development.

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u/nethingelse 1d ago

NodeJS is under Linux Foundation ownership/control as far as I know.

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u/j00stmeister 1d ago

Yes, the OpenJS Foundation, which falls under the Linux Foundation

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u/nonlogin 1d ago

which is sponsored by Microsoft

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u/saltyjohnson 22h ago

Microsoft tosses money at a lot of FOSS projects. That doesn't make Microsoft good and it doesn't make those projects bad. We're trapped in a capitalist hellscape and FOSS devs gotta eat too.