June 23, 2011 — Microsoft is “formally contributing resources” toward porting Node.js to Windows in partnership with Joyent, according to a June 23 blog post on Nodejs.org.
The native port to Windows is underway, and requires a “rather large modification of the core structure,” according to the post, authored by Ryan Dahl, the creator of node. The ultimate goal is to create an official binary node.exe release on Nodejs.org, “which will work on Windows Azure and other Windows versions as far back as (Windows Server) 2003,” the post added. Read More
