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by andor 3709 days ago
"On the server side, we’ve seen Node.js gain traction for “back end” applications. But Node has been pretty much relegated to a web niche. ERP solutions like SAP aren’t using Node. While a company may use JS for their website, don’t expect any serious shop to be washing their critical Business Intelligence data through JS code. The truth is, most Fortune 500 shops aren’t basing their businesses on JavaScript and never will."

Next time you make such a bold claim, maybe Google it for a few seconds ;-) Legacy SAP stuff predates Javascript. Modern SAP stuff is different, "HANA Extended Application Services" is actually a server-side Javascript runtime. What is HANA made for? Exactly, "critical Business Intelligence data" ;-)

http://scn.sap.com/community/developer-center/hana/blog/2015...

http://help.sap.com/hana/SAP_HANA_Developer_Guide_for_SAP_HA...

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Interesting, but it remains to be seen how many businesses will actually use HANA. Until you can identify what percentage of Fortune 500 will use HANA XS with Node, I stand by my statement.