How Microsoft-Yahoo Will Affect Open Source

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How Microsoft-Yahoo Will Affect Open Source

Posted by CmdrTaco on Monday February 4, 2008 @07:37AM from the something-to-think-about dept.

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..."

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It's Official by linumax · 2008-02-04 07:52 · Score: 4, Funny

BSD is dead, Roy Schestowitz confirms it!
Who will I ping ? by sodul · 2008-02-04 07:53 · Score: 5, Funny

ping yahoo.com

I don't know why but I always ping yahoo to troubleshoot my network connection. I guess I'll have to switch to ping 'google.com'
1. Re:Who will I ping ? by apollosfire · 2008-02-04 08:09 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  Get with the times, I switched to Google years ago! :P
2. Re:Who will I ping ? by Stormwatch · 2008-02-04 08:30 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  That's a good move. I don't recall slashdot ever being slashdotted.
  
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3. Re:Who will I ping ? by PPH · 2008-02-04 09:40 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  ping mouse-potato.com
  
  Its always up and has very short round trip times.
  
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two vast and trunkless legs of stone.com by Stanistani · 2008-02-04 08:16 · Score: 4, Funny

Ping av.com - it's shorter to type, is always up, and is a useful reminder that you can have a dominant position in the search market one year, and be practically unused the next.

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1. Re:two vast and trunkless legs of stone.com by ATMD · 2008-02-04 09:32 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  But still Yahoo, apparently:
  nl@splig ~ $ hostx -A av.com
  !!! av.com address 66.94.234.13 maps to w2.rc.vip.scd.yahoo.com
  !!! av.com address 216.109.112.135 maps to w2.rc.vip.dcn.yahoo.com
  
  So probably best not to get into the habit of pinging av.com, either...
  
  P.S. Nice subject line :)
  
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Re:Holy shit! by QuickFox · 2008-02-04 08:25 · Score: 5, Funny

He's been doing _at least_ 30 USENET posts a day, every day, for over two years. ...says Anonymous Coward, who makes more than 30 posts an hour.

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Re:Ok by me by jaxtherat · 2008-02-04 08:56 · Score: 5, Funny

rather than the the 30-year-old burnt-out techies on /. or the 19-year-old college students on Digg or the who-knows perverts on 4chan. You say it like it's a bad thing...

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Re:Zimbra Admins by dilger · 2008-02-04 09:07 · Score: 2, Funny

"Microsoft Zimbra" makes perfect sense. Worst. Webmail. Ever.
Re:Holy shit! by Anonymous Coward · 2008-02-04 09:51 · Score: 1, Funny

...says Anonymous Coward, who makes more than 30 posts an hour. And yet I'm not allowed to mod. What else do you want, people!?
Re:10 minutes to fork both Zimbra & YUI by ColdWetDog · 2008-02-04 09:52 · Score: 4, Funny

10 minutes to fork it and then a lifetime to maintain and develop it.
People always forget about the second part...

Just like sex. People forget about the second part for a while, then little problems creep up. Then the problems get bigger.
Then you're screwed.
Not really sure where I'm going with this one, but it's a scary thought.

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