Timeline for Are there examples of proprietary software that functionally depends on free software?
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| Aug 3, 2015 at 9:06 | comment | added | curiousdannii | @Zizouz212 The question isn't asking about organisations, it's asking about examples of proprietary software that functionally depends on free software. I don't know enough about the monitoring software to say for sure whether that's the case; it could be, but you'd need to provide clear evidence of it. But I'm quite sure the blog is separate. | |
| Aug 1, 2015 at 18:34 | history | edited | Zizouz212 | CC BY-SA 3.0 | added 221 characters in body |
| Aug 1, 2015 at 9:39 | comment | added | Zizouz212 | @curiousdannii But I'm not saying that Stack Exchange is a Q&A Engine. That's like saying that Apple is a phone/tablet/computer maker. There are things that you wouldn't expect that come behind the scenes, and each part of a company all work together to create a central, excellent product or service. | |
| Aug 1, 2015 at 8:56 | comment | added | Free Radical | I don't see how this answer is relevant to the question. The question asks for examples of functional dependencies in software. As you point out yourself in the answer: " although the question asked for software, Stack Exchange is more of a system". Since you already know this, I don't understand why you think this answer is relevant. Can you improve the answer by pointing out why it is relevant (not why it is not)? | |
| Jul 31, 2015 at 23:55 | history | edited | Zizouz212 | CC BY-SA 3.0 | added 314 characters in body |
| Jul 31, 2015 at 23:48 | comment | added | curiousdannii | Make your case in the answer itself. Although the company surely makes use of the blog, I can't see how the Q&A engine makes "functional use" of the blog. | |
| Jul 31, 2015 at 23:44 | comment | added | Zizouz212 | @curiousdannii Except for this is how the system operates. SE communicates effectively with the public through its blog. SE monitors their systems for breakdowns with its monitoring system. | |
| Jul 31, 2015 at 23:42 | comment | added | curiousdannii | AFAIK there is nothing shared between the Stack Exchange sites and their blog except for the domain name. | |
| Jul 31, 2015 at 23:41 | comment | added | Zizouz212 | @curiousdannii Really? Stack Exchange is a system, not necessarily a program. The system actually relies on these two things to ensure their operation, albeit in areas you would not immediately expect: public communications and system monitoring. | |
| Jul 31, 2015 at 23:19 | comment | added | curiousdannii | These don't seem to be valid answers as those projects are open source. | |
| Jul 31, 2015 at 22:17 | history | answered | Zizouz212 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |