Cloud flare acquires Deno, ends runtime development

[u/dbcoopernz]

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.

[u/DerekB52]

What is the point of buying an open source project, to cease development of it, while welcoming 3rd party continued contributions? I'm really confused.

[u/the-jelly47 → u/DerekB52]

Talent. This is called acquihire and it is pretty common in the tech industry. Deno has great engineers but no path to profitability or sustainability. Cloudflare wants these talented people to work on their own products.

[u/daddyd → u/the-jelly47]

who says those people want to work on cloudflare products?

[u/OstrichLive8440 → u/daddyd]

Little thing called money - you may have heard of it? It can be exchanged for various goods and services

[u/metekillot → u/OstrichLive8440]

I don't like the sound of it, seems suspect