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Is this the same DB that backs the StackOverFlow/Exchange network of sites?

• smw 11y ago
  Yes
• microcolonel 11y ago
  Looks like basically everything will be on Linux at SE now. ;-)
  • _betty_ 11y ago
    Their web/service tier are still windows, doesn't seem that likely that they'd rewrite them in .netcore fast enough to be off windows completely in the near future.
  • sklivvz1971 11y ago
    Stack Overflow dev here. We don't really care that much about the OS -- never did, never will. A windows license is very cheap, and we only need maybe 20 windows licenses to run the whole network. The much bigger cost are SQL Server licenses, for which we care very much about! All in all we'll keep on using SQL, but on the most performant platform -- my bet is that it's going to be Windows for a while though. Regarding .Net Core: the platform is not ready yet (e.g. lack of support for Security IIRC), but we'll adopt it when it is -- again on the fastest platform. Both in the case of SQL Server and .Net core, we are working publicly on GitHub with Microsoft by testing and providing advice where needed to make sure the next version of our ecosystem is the best possible.