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Google Taps StackOverflow as Official Android Dev Support

68 points by jot 17y ago

johns 17y ago
And then someone started http://www.forceclose.com/ http://www.forceclose.com/ for Android questions using StackExchange
- nuclear_eclipse 17y ago
  I have a feeling that forceclose is targetting the AOSP style builds and users, such as Cyanogen Mod. I hardly think official Android support will ever touch that segment of the community.
  - johns 17y ago
    I have no idea what any of that means :)
    - jcl 17y ago
      AOSP = Android Open Source Project. He's suggesting that forceclose is more to help people modify the Android operating system than to help people write Android applications.
      - johns 17y ago
        Thanks. I'm unfamiliar with the Android dev landscape and only posted it since I saw it on Twitter earlier and thought it was related.
ptomato 17y ago
Another nail in the coffin of Google Groups as a useful method of communication.
- jamesbritt 17y ago
  Apples and oranges. I don't see SO as being useful for prolonged discussion, not does it convey any sense of a close-knit community. Also, I get Google Group messages in my Thunderbird in-box so I don't have to keep checking to see if there's anything new and I can filter, save, highlight items as I see fit. I much prefer mailing lists over bulletin boards, and SO is much like the latter.
credo 17y ago
I remember reading that StackOverflow was built on the .NET platform. If that is correct, it is interesting that Google would not just give up on Google groups, but move to a solution that is built on top of Microsoft's platform
- andreyf 17y ago
  Well, Google isn't hosting SO inhouse. They're just using the main website for support. Also, this isn't all of Google, it's the Android team, which mainly develops using Sun's technology :)
  - jcl 17y ago
    And IBM's technology (Eclipse). And Apple's technology (webkit). Heck, they'd be remiss not to use some Microsoft tech. :)
    - nailer 17y ago
      Webkit's also KDE's technology. But yes, you make a good point - saying 'Android is built on Sun's technology' is misleading, as it seems to imply Android is mainly Sun code when then that's not true (dalvik is a from scratch implementation, and the VM is a small part of a useful environment).
- eli 17y ago
  Why would it matter what stack the platform is using? (Which reminds me, does Hotmail still run on Solaris?)
  - deleted 17y ago
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  - mrduncan 17y ago
    According to Wikipedia: "Hotmail originally ran on a mixture of FreeBSD and Solaris operating systems. A project was started to move Hotmail to Windows 2000. In June 2001, Microsoft claimed this had been completed; a few days later they retracted and admitted that the DNS functions of the Hotmail system were still reliant on FreeBSD." - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hotmail http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hotmail
rayvega 17y ago
Stackoverflow is supposedly one of the more popular Q&A sites for IPhone developers: http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2009/06/podcast-57/ http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2009/06/podcast-57/ ...Stack Overflow has become a very popular destination for iPhone development. This is completely accidental, but it is a valid reflection of the vibrant and growing iPhone development community. If you’re an iPhone developer, check out the Mobile Orchard website and podcast, which even has a best of Stack Overflow for iPhone developers!...

68 points by jot 17y ago

johns 17y ago

And then someone started http://www.forceclose.com/ http://www.forceclose.com/ for Android questions using StackExchange

nuclear_eclipse 17y ago
I have a feeling that forceclose is targetting the AOSP style builds and users, such as Cyanogen Mod. I hardly think official Android support will ever touch that segment of the community.
- johns 17y ago
  I have no idea what any of that means :)
  - jcl 17y ago
    AOSP = Android Open Source Project. He's suggesting that forceclose is more to help people modify the Android operating system than to help people write Android applications.
    - johns 17y ago
      Thanks. I'm unfamiliar with the Android dev landscape and only posted it since I saw it on Twitter earlier and thought it was related.

ptomato 17y ago

Another nail in the coffin of Google Groups as a useful method of communication.

jamesbritt 17y ago
Apples and oranges. I don't see SO as being useful for prolonged discussion, not does it convey any sense of a close-knit community. Also, I get Google Group messages in my Thunderbird in-box so I don't have to keep checking to see if there's anything new and I can filter, save, highlight items as I see fit. I much prefer mailing lists over bulletin boards, and SO is much like the latter.

credo 17y ago

I remember reading that StackOverflow was built on the .NET platform. If that is correct, it is interesting that Google would not just give up on Google groups, but move to a solution that is built on top of Microsoft's platform

andreyf 17y ago
Well, Google isn't hosting SO inhouse. They're just using the main website for support. Also, this isn't all of Google, it's the Android team, which mainly develops using Sun's technology :)
- jcl 17y ago
  And IBM's technology (Eclipse). And Apple's technology (webkit). Heck, they'd be remiss not to use some Microsoft tech. :)
  - nailer 17y ago
    Webkit's also KDE's technology. But yes, you make a good point - saying 'Android is built on Sun's technology' is misleading, as it seems to imply Android is mainly Sun code when then that's not true (dalvik is a from scratch implementation, and the VM is a small part of a useful environment).
eli 17y ago
Why would it matter what stack the platform is using? (Which reminds me, does Hotmail still run on Solaris?)
- deleted 17y ago
  [deleted]
- mrduncan 17y ago
  According to Wikipedia: "Hotmail originally ran on a mixture of FreeBSD and Solaris operating systems. A project was started to move Hotmail to Windows 2000. In June 2001, Microsoft claimed this had been completed; a few days later they retracted and admitted that the DNS functions of the Hotmail system were still reliant on FreeBSD." - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hotmail http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hotmail

rayvega 17y ago

Stackoverflow is supposedly one of the more popular Q&A sites for IPhone developers: http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2009/06/podcast-57/ http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2009/06/podcast-57/ ...Stack Overflow has become a very popular destination for iPhone development. This is completely accidental, but it is a valid reflection of the vibrant and growing iPhone development community. If you’re an iPhone developer, check out the Mobile Orchard website and podcast, which even has a best of Stack Overflow for iPhone developers!...