June 24, 2011 — Microsoft is now working with Node.js’s creator, Joyent, to bring the popular development framework to both Windows and its cloud offering, Azure.
In a blog post on the matter today, Joyent announced that Microsoft is formally helping with the port. Joyent had already begun to bring Node.js to Windows before the Microsoft’s involvement. Microsoft’s participation should assist in bringing the development to completion in a shorter time frame.
Node.js has become quite popular on its native Unix environment. Microsoft is almost certainly helping with the port to both answer requests from developers that have already been filed, and to prevent future complaints about its absence on the company’s products. Read More
