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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
by 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 agoWell, 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 agoAnd IBM's technology (Eclipse). And Apple's technology (webkit). Heck, they'd be remiss not to use some Microsoft tech. :)
- nailer 17y agoWebkit'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 agoWhy would it matter what stack the platform is using? (Which reminds me, does Hotmail still run on Solaris?)
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- mrduncan 17y agoAccording 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
- credo 17y agoclearly, it matters to you since you're bringing up the question of Hotmail. Btw Hotmail was acquired by Microsoft and Microsoft began porting it to Windows many years ago. They never intended to keep it running on a non-windows platform.
- eli 17y agoI was just being snarky. I find it interesting to hear how other people set up the sites I use, but I don't much care so long as they work when I try to use them.
- InclinedPlane 17y agoYou make it sound as though google bought stackoverflow, that is not the case, they are merely buying branding for a set of tags on stackoverflow (something that adobe and red-gate have already done).
- credo 17y agoI'm sure no one thinks that Google bought the company. Google had a choice of multiple solutions. They chose the one that was built on .NET. Clearly, the primary reason they picked StackOverflow is because they like the solution provided by StackOverflow (and this doesn't say that Google would prefer .NET themselves, in fact, it is safe to assume that they wouldn't) My point is that this decision is just another example of how anti-msft people are wrong when they say that .NET/Windows is not a good or viable platform
- djb_hackernews 17y agoI wouldn't construe this as an endorsement of the platform. More of an endorsement of the execution.
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