How Microsoft-Yahoo Will Affect Open Source

jammag writes "If the marriage of Microsoft and Yahoo were to be consummated, GNU/Linux would be hindered, argues Roy Schestowitz. Yahoo's funding of open source initiatives would dry up. Yahoo, which acquired Zimbra, would lose its love for the open source competitor of Microsoft Outlook. The list goes on..."

Comments

Re:zimbra

[dedazo]

The whole point in the article about Zimbra would be relevant if it actually were able to compete against Exchange, which is not the case. It might have its uses and niches, it might be useful and it might nice and cost a lot less, but it does not compete with Exchange any more than GiMP competes with Photoshop.

Products that compete with Microsoft Exchange include Lotus Domino, Novell GroupWise and possibly Google's corporate email/calendaring services, I guess. Zimbra has never been on that list, and probably won't be for a long time.

Re:Ack

[Kalriath]

It probably will, but it'll just prove you're an immature moron. Adobe doesn't need your help, they're keeping up fine on their own.

Re:Roy Schestowitz, take with prescribed NaCl

[imsabbel]

Ad hominem is perfectly OK if the relevant party is a dickhead.
OTOH, i see this nice trend of anti-ad hominem (in the line of: he is a nutcase, so dont dare to dismiss him!). Just like your post.