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    Is your interpretation that Stack Exchange no longer wants to serve non-developers? Commented Feb 11 at 4:15
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    I think the non-dev sites (like Skeptics and what not) were always 2nd thought, or at best seen as entertainment venue for the dev breaks, via HNQ etc. (I mean by the people running the company. The participants in those sites probably took them[selves] more seriously.) Commented Feb 11 at 11:25
  • Although, that answer you quoted was given in response to a Q about SO (only), so I would not read too much into it otherwise. Commented Feb 11 at 11:32
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    No, in the context of that article/interview, he is the "Stack Overflow CEO", so that must meen Stack Exchange Inc. CEO, where "Stack Overflow" = "Stack Exchange" in this article for whatever reason. It also talks about "the company" and "within Stack Overflow" Commented Feb 11 at 11:41
  • "Stack Overflow" is the official name of the company. The company went from intially being named Stack Overflow, to then be renamed to Stack Exchange, to then go back to Stack Overflow. "Stack Exchange" is the name of the network, not the legal entity. However, the community tends to use "Stack Exchange"/"SE" in an informal manner to refer to the company. Commented Feb 11 at 11:50
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    Stack Exchange Inc. is the official name of the company. The legal entity is Stack Exchange Inc. It never actually changed its name away from that. But regardless, that interview was about the company. The company tends to call itself Stack Overflow, and it did in that interview. Commented Feb 11 at 11:51
  • stackoverflow.blog/2015/09/15/… Commented Feb 11 at 11:55
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    @VLAZ I'm very familiar with that article. Stack Exchange Inc. said it was changing its name, but it never ended up doing that. The company is still "Stack Exchange Inc." To change a company name requires more than just declaring it the case. Check out the Terms of Service. Commented Feb 11 at 11:56
  • @jen: I believe it's a DBA ("doing business as") sort of situation, but I'm not an expert on the legal intricacies there. Commented Feb 11 at 19:57
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    @gottrolledtoomuchthisweek I think Jeff took the broader stack exchange idea pretty seriously - we later did become a second thought, but there was a time we got first rate (and some may argue better than SO has now) support from the company. Commented Feb 12 at 10:45