They are very open that this is not their plan here. They are _temporarily_ forking Node.js to add support for their JS engine. They want to extend Node to abstract away the JS engine so that it doesn't rely on V8 or Chakra or SpiderMonkey but can sit on any one of them.
It's actually exactly the opposite. Their API abstraction work will only increase competition, especially since they aren't trying to run a competing fork. Despite their history, those in favor of a more open Node.js platform should commend this.
It's actually exactly the opposite. Their API abstraction work will only increase competition, especially since they aren't trying to run a competing fork. Despite their history, those in favor of a more open Node.js platform should commend this.