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Re:Ask HN: Node.js or ASP.Net core by ohgh1ieD on Saturday December 17, 2016 @08:49PM (#13203883)
> My employer is starting the transition from .NET to .NET Core and we're pretty confident that it's ready.

What's the reason for the switch ?

For us ( the company where I work ) it would be very difficult to rewrite our applications to core, so we decided to only introduce core to new in-house projects.

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Re:Ask HN: Node.js or ASP.Net core by citruspi on Sunday December 18, 2016 @06:52PM (#13208458)
> What's the reason for the switch ?

We're pushing for it primarily for cross-platform reasons. Currently our developers have the choice between MacBooks and Windows machines. .NET developers who choose MacBooks need to run Windows in a virtual machine which can be painful to do constantly. In addition, our application servers are currently Windows which means higher costs due to licensing.

We're moving to .NET Core and basically moving into the Docker ecosystem so that developers can run the operating system of their preference without requiring a virtual machine for development and so that we can use Docker containers on Linux hosts for running the services.

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Re:Ask HN: Node.js or ASP.Net core by dhogan on Monday December 19, 2016 @09:35AM (#13211601)
That's interesting. I wonder what Microsoft would think if more companies were doing that.
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