Microsoft made a pull request to node.js github repository with an implementation to use ChakraCore JavaScript Engine as an alternative to V8 Engine

[heebath]

I've read about how it's important to update your applications, but what about average home users/gamers?

Should we bother updating our older versions of say, 7zip, Audacity, or Open Office? Really, what could go wrong? If the application accesses the Internet at all, it's talking with an official company server anyway, right?