IDG Contributor Network: With ChakraCore on Linux, Microsoft doesn't discriminate

A few days ago I wrote about Microsoft’s revival of Skype for Linux. I called it "a big deal" — less because of Skype itself and more because it signified Microsoft's recognition that Linux is a platform worth supporting.
As someone who has been following and covering Microsoft’s professed love of Linux, the Skype news came as a refreshing change.
Now the company has done it again.
At Node Summit this week, Microsoft announced the availability of ChakraCore for Linux. ChakraCo