I actually had the whole niche Q&#38;A idea before(back when I heard about SO launching), and based on my calculations it'd take me 1-1.5 years to build something like SE on my own. Which just didn't make sense.<p>Yes it's easy to clone SE, there are like a dozen other solutions. But the reason I like SE, is because it's a turn key solution. I don't have to worry about servers or security. These have always been my achilles heel, and this way someone else who actually knows what they are doing, can take care of that.