Quite true. Even though I didn't donate, I wonder why they went for crowdfunding while they were going raising VC funding. I would expect (partial) refunds.
You can still use the nodejitsu registry for free if you'd like[1]. They arent likely to need as much scaling anymore, but there's still a big cost to running those servers. I don't think there was any foul play when it comes to the scalenpm money as I'm fairly sure they were not aware of the intent for Npm, Inc to take over default hosting.
tl;dr the money did not go to the same people, and the people who crowd funded thought they'd still be hosting npm going forward at the time.
[1] http://blog.nodejitsu.com/simple-hosted-private-npm-and-regi...
The cynicism in this thread is so bizarre to me. No one is being evil. There's no secret foul play. Everyone go write modules and share them and be happy.
Say what?
The Nodejitsu replica is a downstream replica, not a failover. Very different. 100% of `registry.npmjs.org` traffic goes to npm, Inc infrastructure.
> The cynicism in this thread is so bizarre to me.
Welcome to Hacker News. I see it's your first time here. :)
> Everyone go write modules and share them and be happy
Couldn't agree more.
I did tell Charlie in November about my intent to take over the registry in Q1 of 2014, if it proved economically feasible. The raise helped accomplish that, for sure, but so did a massive restructuring that means it requires much less resources.