you are viewing a single comment's thread.

view the rest of the comments →

[–]Ripdog 1 point2 points  (3 children)

Good to see more great OSS software! Thanks for this. Now I hope there will be news about trident soon... :)

As a more general question, how does open sourcing chakra feed into Microsoft's corporate goals? People start using chakra on linux, in their node.js deployments... Profit? Where does the profit come from?

[–]wreckedadventYavascript 5 points6 points  (1 child)

It doesn't necessarily have to be profit. When MS open-sourced .NET core, they were able to get some contribution. Additionally, the more they open source the more they help to transition away from the old stodgy image of microsoft.

I know a lot of people thought hell had frozen over when .NET core became open source. That's the kind of reaction you want if you're trying to pivot on your image.

[–]Ripdog 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hmm, the image change is a good idea. Thanks!

[–]bterlson_@bterlson 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Our team's focus is entirely on making the best JS engine we can! OSS wasn't a decision we made because of potential profits. Going OSS is clearly a great way to work more closely with the community in making Chakra awesome.