On Sun, Jan 6, 2013 at 10:44 PM, Jake Markhus <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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. > > > _______________________________________________ > 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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