> Stack overflow is probably responsible for increasing global developer productivity by maybe ~1000x the acquisition price. And almost every single bit of it

> Stack overflow is probably responsible for increasing global developer productivity by maybe ~1000x the acquisition price. And almost every single bit of it is due to community work, not the people inside company. (That is not to say the company is irrelevant - but seeing how consequently stackexchange dropped bricks on everybody's feet two years ago and the community still carried on gives you some perspective on what is keeping the site alive).