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1. GeniusMusing (geniusmusing@nu.federati.net)'s status on Wednesday, 02-Jun-2021 12:33:42 EDT GeniusMusing
   Software Developer Community Stack Overflow Sold To Tech Giant Prosus for $1.8 Billion Slashdot
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   >Prosus said it struck a $1.8 billion deal to acquire Stack Overflow, an online community for software developers, in a bet on growing demand for online tech learning. From a report:
   
   >Based in New York, closely held Stack Overflow operates a question-and-answer website used by software developers and other types of workers such as financial professionals and marketers who increasingly need coding skills. It attracts more than 100 million visitors monthly, the company says.
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   >Prosus, one of Europe's most valuable tech companies, is best known as the largest shareholder in Chinese internet and videogaming giant Tencent Holdings Listed in Amsterdam, Prosus signaled its appetite for deal making when it sold a small portion of its equity stake in Tencent in April for $14.6 billion. The Stack Overflow deal ranks among Prosus' biggest acquisitions. Prosus invests globally across a range of online platforms focused on areas such as food delivery, classifieds and fintech. It also maintains a more than $200 billion holding in Tencent. Prosus' parent company, Naspers, acquired the Tencent stake in 2001 for $34 million.
   
   Here we go again?
   1. lnxw48a1 (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Wednesday, 02-Jun-2021 12:41:22 EDT lnxw48a1

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      Uh oh. This one is going to hurt. I personally don't use SO/SE sites very often, but I often hear about people cutting and pasting code off languagename dot stackexchange dot com into work-related projects.
      
      Hopefully, everyone doesn't rush back to Experts-Exchange ... their bait and switch was why StackOverflow started in the first place.
      1. GeniusMusing (geniusmusing@nu.federati.net)'s status on Wednesday, 02-Jun-2021 14:05:58 EDT GeniusMusing

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         I don't have an account but I have visited quite often as they seem to have most the answers in a readable way that manuals seem to lack. https://nu.federati.net/attachment/281377