If you take the time to log into yahoo photos, you'll see they are about to roll out a new version, which is not Flickr. CNet news.com has reviewd the new site, and they don't think it looks like yahoo is shutting photos down: http://news.com.com/8301-10784_3-6084601-7.html
Never mind, that article is almost a year old. Should have RTFD before posting...
If you take the time to log into yahoo photos, you'll see they are about to roll out a new version, which is not Flickr. CNet news.com has reviewd the new site, and they don't think it looks like yahoo is shutting photos down: http://news.com.com/8301-10784_3-6084601-7.html