Bringing asm.js to the Chakra JavaScript engine in Windows 10

Re:Bringing asm.js to the Chakra JavaScript engine in Window... by aikah on Wednesday February 18, 2015 @03:54PM (#9070855)

Never forget that the core product of Microsoft is Windows, and most of people are forced paying a new license with each new computer. So any decision MS makes is,as an ultimate goal to sell windows licenses. Today there is a consensus on Open Web Techs. Nobody can tell if it will still be the case 5 years from now.

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Re:Bringing asm.js to the Chakra JavaScript engine in Window... by Richicoder on Wednesday February 18, 2015 @04:15PM (#9070995)

I think this is far less true. Many of Microsoft's recent decisions arguably have no net benifit to Windows, and in some cases could be seen as counter productive. The lockin is no longer for Windows, but Azure and Microsoft's tools.

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Re:Bringing asm.js to the Chakra JavaScript engine in Window... by jongalloway2 on Wednesday February 18, 2015 @05:08PM (#9071293)

Latest financials here: http://www.microsoft.com/Investor/EarningsAndFinancials/Earn...

It's a little tricky to read the Windows impact since (as I read it) it falls into both Commercial Licensing (for business sales) and Devices and Comsumer (for consumer sales). Some articles which break it down a bit:

http://www.anandtech.com/show/8936/microsoft-q2-fy-2015-fina...

http://arstechnica.com/business/2015/01/hardware-surprisingl...

So while the exact percentages aren't obvious, the big picture is that Windows is definitely significant, but Microsoft has become a lot more than Windows.

[I work for Microsoft until they notice I'm wasting time on Hacker News and "fix the glitch".]

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Re:Bringing asm.js to the Chakra JavaScript engine in Window... by outside2344 on Wednesday February 18, 2015 @04:18PM (#9071016)

The core products of Microsoft are now Office and Azure.

(And having a fast web helps Office 365.)

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