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From what I recall, it was was Jeff Atwood knew best when he started it. It is a good example of all those stories of not being able to change technology after
by joshfinnie 16y ago
From what I recall, it was was Jeff Atwood knew best when he started it.
It is a good example of all those stories of not being able to change technology after you become popular. It seems that they are accepting Linux where it fits best at least.
- pasbesoin 16y agoDoesn't Spolsky's company live in the MS world, as well? (More significant that Atwood's familiarity, I'd guess.)
- eftpotrm 16y agoSort of. http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/2006/09/has-joel-spolsky-jumped-the-shark.html http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/2006/09/has-joel-spolsky-ju... This suggests they're Windows native, but using custom tech to provide non-Windows compatibility.
- RickHull 16y agoIt seems odd, too, that they would use both CentOS and Ubuntu. Why not run Redis on Ubuntu?
- rodh257 16y agoSomeone asked the question in the comments: http://blog.serverfault.com/post/stack-exchanges-architecture-in-bullet-points/#comment-144863479 http://blog.serverfault.com/post/stack-exchanges-architectur...