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StackOverflow For Any Topic

Posted by kdawson on from the let-a-thousand-faqs-bloom dept.

RobinH writes "StackOverflow, the successful question-and-answer website for programmers, is now over a year old and its top user has just passed 100,000 reputation points. Now one of the creators of StackOverflow, Joel Spolsky, and his company Fog Creek, are developing a software-as-a-service form of the StackOverflow engine called StackExchange to support any topic you want. The software is currently in private beta, but the first few beta sites have surfaced. Topics include business travel, the home, parenthood, the environment, finance, and iPhone game development."

3 of 191 comments (clear)

  1. They tried this with Ask Slashdot... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Anyone remember the short lived Ask Slashdot section on sex? No one had any answers, so they had to shut it down.

  2. How very random. by stevey · · Score: 5, Funny

    It is good to know that the parenting forum is asking the most important questions.

  3. Re:A compelling need? by jjohnson · · Score: 5, Funny

    The posters at Stack Overflow know what they're talking about.

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    Anyone who loves or hates any language, platform, or manufacturer, doesn't know what they're talking about.