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Re:IO.js – Evented I/O for V8 javascript on Thursday November 27, 2014 @11:38PM (#8669682)
The same reason anyone forks: some core developers are not happy with the way development is headed.

The reasons are myriad, both technically and politically, and you probably won't understand them unless you engage. If they weren't, we wouldn't be seeing something as drastic as a fork.