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Microsoft loved Plenty of fish. I remember there wasn't a single Microsoft sponsored ASP .NET talk that didn't mentioned POF in some shape or form.
by rezashirazian 10y ago
Microsoft loved Plenty of fish. I remember there wasn't a single Microsoft sponsored ASP .NET talk that didn't mentioned POF in some shape or form.
- jdmichal 10y agoThat's called "earned media", and it's very effective when used correctly. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earned_media http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earned_media
- imglorp 10y agoIs that because there aren't a whole ton of serious .NET backend sites out there? I can only name two, POF and SO.
- tedmiston 10y agoPresumably. For example, people in the Python community are proud to say that it's behind sites like Instagram, Pinterst, and Reddit, for volume of traffic if nothing else. It helps make the credible case that their language / framework scales.
- Mandatum 10y agoLinkedIn I think?
- imglorp 10y agoNope. Just checked with a bud there. They're 99pct linux and java and 1pct solaris. They might have some .net on internal desktop apps.