"By creating a center of gravity for the open source JavaScript ecosystem, the JS Foundation aims to drive broad adoption and ongoing development of key JavaScript solutions and related technologies and to facilitate collaboration within the JavaScript development community to ensure those projects maintain the quality and diverse contribution bases that provide for long-term sustainability."
This gave me the impression that they were focusing on standardizing tools (the "drive broad adoption" part especially).
As for "pushing brands on developers", well... You can't standardize and encourage broad adoption of a technology if you cultivate and support multiple technologies. Maybe two or three, but there is a need to champion a particular technology as the tool developers should adopt. And the JS Foundation seems to be specifically promoting tools of its members where it can.
Of course, if the interpretation that their goal is to encourage standardization is incorrect, then the point is moot.
This gave me the impression that they were focusing on standardizing tools (the "drive broad adoption" part especially).
As for "pushing brands on developers", well... You can't standardize and encourage broad adoption of a technology if you cultivate and support multiple technologies. Maybe two or three, but there is a need to champion a particular technology as the tool developers should adopt. And the JS Foundation seems to be specifically promoting tools of its members where it can.
Of course, if the interpretation that their goal is to encourage standardization is incorrect, then the point is moot.