Lets all move along, this submission is just an attempt to stoke the fire to roast Ben Noordhuis on.
They aren't betting on them stealing the community,the email line "the company behind Node.js, founded by the Node.js core contributors" is just how they are playing up the company. How they go from that to the only way the VCs get their $8M back is by stealing the project is beyond me.
Nothing to see here just a linkbait article
Are all the articles on Vulture Beat like this? "Someone said..", "Someone else said...", "This one time at band-camp..."