__/ [ John Bailo ] on Sunday 11 February 2007 08:54 \__
> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>
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>> Yahoo! Dips its Toe Into Open Source
>>
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>> | Open source is kind of a scary concept -- but it can be very powerful.
>> | After all, this approach to programming has led to innovations like
>> | Linux, which is a robust operating system.
>> `----
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>> http://biz.yahoo.com/seekingalpha/061003/17833_id.html?.v=1
>
> Maybe some day they'll allow Linux desktops to access their content easily.
The advantage of the Web-based paradigm is not only interoperability, but
also portability (access from anywhere). When Yahoo dropped their homegrown
code and picked PHP instead, then their commitments to Open Source were
re-prioritised. Yahoo don't abuse Linux as much as other companies do.
IBM and Yahoo! Unveil Free Enterprise Search Software
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| IBM OmniFind Yahoo! Edition also uses the open source Lucene indexing
| library to provide cross-platform full text indexing.
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http://biz.yahoo.com/iw/061213/0194295.html
They do some evil as well:
Flickr Patenting "Interestingness"
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| So basically, nobody else can use tags to label files. Totally
| original thinking from the folks at flickr.
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http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/11/08/1334255&from=rss
Yahoo Pushing IE 7 on FireFox Users
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| It appears that Yahoo is pushing downloads of the new IE 7 from
| Microsoft and including itself as the default search engine installed
| in the file menu area.
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| [...]
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| While not having a large impact on the results or being that obtrusive
| of an ad it definitely pulls into question the alliances between the
| search engines and the browser wars going on. Google is still
| packaging FireFox with its free Google Pack offering that also
| includes the Google toolbar.
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http://searchviews.com/archives/2006/12/yahoo_pushing_i.php
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~~ Best wishes
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http://iuron.com - proposing a non-profit search engine
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