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How Microsoft-Yahoo Will Affect Open Source

Posted by CmdrTaco on 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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  1. Re:the REAL question ... by nick.ian.k · · Score: 1, Troll

    Is it called MicroHoo or YaSoft?

    It's up to the marketing folks to decide which is more beneficial - do that want to go with a name reminiscent of a pedophilic fetish for the nether regions of a sprightly lass, or a flaccid but sizable penis?