What makes you think that Microsoft can't have a part of the Unix server slice, either? Have you seen e.g. this:
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/dotnet/archive/2015/02/03/coreclr-is...
(specifically the part that says "We will be adding Linux and Mac implementations of platform-specific components over the next few months.")
Or the part where ASP.NET vNext runs on Mono as the officially supported platform?
http://graemechristie.github.io/graemechristie/blog/2014/05/...
Re:Node.js Tools for Visual Studio
by WorldWideWayne on Wednesday March 25, 2015 @05:32PM
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What evidence do you have that the majority of developers are on Unix? Just web devs or all devs?
I doubt that it's true in either case. IT departments around the world employ programmers to make all sorts of business apps including internet/intranet web apps. Even some very small companies have custom apps to do business and the vast majority of businesses are using Windows.
Re:Node.js Tools for Visual Studio
by joshuapants on Wednesday March 25, 2015 @06:08PM
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There seems to be a common thread on HN of people assuming that trendy startups are the entirety of the software industry.
Re:Node.js Tools for Visual Studio
by NeutronBoy on Wednesday March 25, 2015 @09:12PM
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And this is a great development - it means for future enterprise projects, Node will become a more realistic choice, because it means that using Node on a project doesn't require orgs to build entirely new infrastructure to support * nix deployments or dev environments.
For the most part, npm packages work fine on both Windows and nix platforms. However, it is pretty clear that most are developed on, and have fewest problems with, nix. I believe that is due to the massive popularity of Macs with the JavaScript-focused web dev crowd.
I see it ultimately as damage control. With the overwhelming majority of developers on unix, you're not going to see microsoft hang out in the server market for very long. I think they'll hang onto the office crowd, but nothing on the backend.
This, of course, is just the opinion of a 20 year old unix nerd, who became one because his father is a microsoft fanboy. I rebelled in my teenage years by infuriating my father and installing linux. I still think I raise some valid points.