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Will Open Source World Welcome Microsoft-Yahoo Combo?
Feb 1, 2008, 19 :45 UTC (26 Talkback[s]) (7590 reads)

(Other stories by Joe Panettieri)

[ Thanks to The VAR Guy for this link. ]

"Microsoft has confirmed that it's seeking to acquire Yahoo! Some folks--you know, the open source crowd--will likely bash a proposed Microsoft-Yahoo combo. The VAR Guy, however, is willing to give Microsoft a chance to explain the proposed business combo. Here's why.

"First, a little background. Search engine giants like Google and Yahoo rely heavily on Linux, the LAMP stack and custom open source projects. And Microsoft has been trying to re-invent the LAMP stack with WAMP (Windows, Apache, MySQL, and related tools), notes Mary Jo Foley’s Microsoft Watch blog..."

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  Talkback(s) Name  and Date
Once MS tries to convert Yahoo from BSD  ...   I think it is good   
paul
Feb 1, 2008, 20:05:39
 
The VAR Guy, from what I have read latel ...   The VAR Guy   
kc
Feb 1, 2008, 20:19:35
 
Neither Yahoo nor Microsoft seem able to ...   1+1 = 1?   
Nomen Publicus
Feb 1, 2008, 20:56:33
 
As a friend of mine wrote in his blog, b ...   ...or drowning in a Sea of Love...   
Eddy Nigg
Feb 1, 2008, 21:01:42
 
Currently, Yahoo runs on FreeBSD. Is Mic ...   Conspiracy Theory.   
Rainer Weikusat
Feb 1, 2008, 21:08:21
 
If MS is for it, I'm, by default, ag ...   I'm biased   
Charles Hixson
Feb 1, 2008, 21:35:28
 
LOL, excellent..... MICROHOO. Though I t ...   RE: 1+1 = 1?   
taurnil
Feb 1, 2008, 21:39:32
 
So what happened when Microsoft bought H ...   Look at history.   
Bob_Robertson
Feb 1, 2008, 22:04:31
 
MicroHoo, YaSoft, MicroYa, HooSoft, yup  ...   Yasoft?   
Mark
Feb 1, 2008, 23:38:02
 
Yahoo has already been on the path to in ...   YaWho?   
James E LaBarre
Feb 2, 2008, 00:09:18
 
How many yahoo stocks did Microsoft exec ...   How many yahoo stocks   
Fred Williams
Feb 2, 2008, 01:38:45
 
I stopped using Yahoo webmail sometime i ...   Yahoo is sldiing into irrelevance anyway...   
CD Baric
Feb 2, 2008, 01:45:28
 
Now, now... let's not be childish.   ...   Microhoo   
David F. Skoll
Feb 2, 2008, 01:47:49
 
If this goes through, they will be destr ...   As if Yahoo! didn't have enough troubles, alre   
Bernard Swiss
Feb 2, 2008, 03:06:39
 
Those cash reserves, that is.Peter Yellm ...   Burn baby, burn!   
Peter Yellman
Feb 2, 2008, 04:33:14
 
Its all pretty simple.  Many things have ...   Its all pretty simple   
Joe User
Feb 2, 2008, 05:19:28
 
They want to buy Yahoo so that they can  ...   I've sussed it !!!   
Mark
Feb 2, 2008, 07:37:50
 
My first post was meant to be taken in j ...   OK lets get serious   
paul
Feb 2, 2008, 11:15:30
 
> Will this mean I have to use IE and/or ...   Re: I think it is good   
blackhole
Feb 2, 2008, 14:11:37
 
> >If Yahoo is aquired by MS, I will sto ...   The End of Yahoo   
Bob_Robertson
Feb 2, 2008, 15:49:38
 
Personally I don't really care that  ...   Goodbye zZmbra   
Kavey
Feb 2, 2008, 16:31:01
 
Yahoo's been outdates since Google g ...   Two Bad Ideas. (e.g. Kmart + Sears)   
Brent H
Feb 2, 2008, 16:38:31
 
I agree, but a full 360 degrees differen ...   Re: OK lets get serious   
Fred Williams
Feb 3, 2008, 04:53:25
 
If Yahoo! excepts and enough "donations" ...   Re: Goodbye zZmbra   
Fred Williams
Feb 3, 2008, 04:57:49
 
> They want to buy Yahoo so that they ca ...   Re: I've sussed it !!!   
blackhole
Feb 3, 2008, 15:03:49
 
Yahoo will get rewritten to make extensi ...   Why?   
imric
Feb 3, 2008, 18:19:55
 
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