** Reply to message from Andrew Lentvorski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Fri, 16 May 2008 19:19:24 -0700
> Why do you assume that Yahoo is so much more noble than Microsoft? never said that or implied that. More noble? Anyways, I see Yahoo better for the market if they can stay in the market as opposed to helping Microsoft in any way shape or form. Microsoft has proven their business is that of anti-competition and lockins to their desktop OS. That is not beneficial to the market or users. > Yahoo's current problem is that *they aren't being successful extracting > money from/for users*. > > If Yahoo manages to fight this off, they're going to have to do exactly > that--extract more money from users. really? Is that what Google is doing? Why is the only way for Yahoo to make more money is to pull it from the users? I don't see that as the only option. > Yes, Microsoft is a known evil, and Yahoo is an unknown evil. unknown evil? I see you've already spun them as a evil. Interesting. FYI, they do not have the power to control much of anything and yes, they purchased some services and wrapped them into Yahoo services and some didn't like how it went. If that is the worst they've done then that is nothing compared to what has been done and is being done by the company looking to own them. Helping that company gain more control is the worst thing for users than Yahoo running themselves out of business by fighting them off. But that is just my opinion and if you want to peg them as an evil because they changed your groups software and don't do internationalization so be it. I'm sure you have already emailed their developers to let them know your thoughts on internationalization. Doug -- KPLUG-List@kernel-panic.org http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
