I personally only get worked up when someone on Yahoo! acts shocked that they were hacked. That said, I do know a number of complete morons with personal domains so I do not judge. On Jan 6, 2013 10:33 PM, "[email protected]" < [email protected]> wrote:
Oh, I even found a web comic pertaining to the phenomenon I mentioned. I guess Yahoo! has a bad reputation in the Americas as well as in Europe. Do you have similar prejudices in Uganda? http://theoatmeal.com/comics/email_address Joseph Mutumi <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello, > > This is a bit off topic but wanted to share it anyway. Think about Yahoo > before you > plan for this year. > > Started the year by doing an audit on some of my accumulated login > credentials. > I realized a lot of them use my yahoo email which I noticed I actually no > longer use! > Yahoo in the news for all the wrong reasons; layoffs, product > discontinuations, CEO > woos etc. What happened to all those profit speculations? So what killed > Yahoo? > > I did a search and came across this http://www.paulgraham.com/yahoo.html > I think this post albeit a bit old, nails it, with one interesting insight > being: > *Yahoo was killed because they didn't have a hacker-centric culture* > > Yahoo which used OSS failed to adopt OSS. OSS and the Linux stack is more > than > downloading packages for free, its a culture. A proven successful business > model and > work paradigm. If you believe your organization is using OSS but not > adopted it watch > out 2013 may be just another bad year for you. > > That said I hope a lot of the IT corps come to their senses and start > backing community. > I hope LUG flourishes this year. > > Happy New Year > > ------------------------------ > > The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug > > Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: [email protected] > Mailing list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > Mailing list settings: http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > To unsubscribe: http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug > > The Uganda LUG mailing list is generously hosted by INFOCOM: > http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including > attachments if any). The mailing list host is not respon > sible > for them in any way. > > _______________________________________________ The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: [email protected] Mailing list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Mailing list settings: http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug To unsubscribe: http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug The Uganda LUG mailing list is generously hosted by INFOCOM: http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The mailing list host is not responsible for them in any way.
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