[flanbiscuit]

Didn't Microsoft do that? Created a version of Node using Chakra as proof of concept

[BinaryIdiot]

No, Microsoft modified node to allow drop in replacement of the JavaScript engine and then provided a Chakra backed version of node. It actually seemed to work pretty well and was pretty well received by the community. I believe others were attempting to do the same with the Firefox JS engine (SpiderMonkey? I can't remember what it's called) using the same base of work Microsoft created.

[askmike]

> I believe others were attempting to do the same with the Firefox JS engine (SpiderMonkey? I can't remember what it's called)

You don't mean Rhino? That was years ago when node was just gaining traction.

[yellowapple]

My impression is that Rhino was a separate project entirely.