IIRC when Joel Spolsky and Jeff Atwood started Stack Overflow, they both had strong expertise in the Microsoft ecosystem. So they used the skills and knowledge

IIRC when Joel Spolsky and Jeff Atwood started Stack Overflow, they both had strong expertise in the Microsoft ecosystem. So they used the skills and knowledge they already had. It was quite the coup at the time for Microsoft, especially the SQL Server team, to have such a high profile, high-traffic site.