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There's an interview where Isaac says if npm would sell to anyone (which it wouldn't) it would definitely not be to Joyent.

+1 re new stuff. npm v3 has some rad de-duplication stuff on the way.

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It's nice that Isaac doesn't want to, but what if the VCs decide he should? Do we know what the ownership breakdown is at this point?

It's possible (and probably from the investors expected) that npm Inc grows large enough that a Solaris-based hosting company wouldn't be large enough to purchase them.

If npm isn't ever going to sell out how are their VCs planning on making any return on investment? Go public? (Which is arguably selling to the public)

Well, look at Palantir. They are a very large privately owned and VC funded company with no plans to pursue an IPO.

hmm. I don't going public is the likely option.

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