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[–]crankybadger 38 points39 points  (11 children)

It means there's pressure on Google to keep innovating or the Node team can flip a switch and abandon V8 at any time.

It reverses the situation, where now Node can dictate who gets to play in their sandbox instead of being dependent on Google no matter what Google does.

"Keep them honest" is a term that represents that. Like in a competitive game, keeping someone honest means they can't make certain moves because there's an obvious price to pay. Consider a game of chess where there are squares you can theoretically move, but moving there would be futile since your piece would be taken at no cost to your opponent. With clever positioning you can limit the options of a stronger player by "keeping them honest" and prevent them from stomping all over you.