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> they can be quite reliably be credited to being the company that made it happen originally

This is false, as someone who was actually there can attest. Node.js couldn't even run on Solaris when Joyent finally got involved, and Node.js technically and in terms of growth had already taken off thanks to Ryan Dahl.

Source: I'm the guy that ported Node.js to Solaris, and I have nothing to do with Joyent, then or now.




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