I'm not taking anything away from Yahoo. Yahoo is a big, successful, profitable company, right? They beat up all their competition like Lycos, MSN and Altvista, right? They *survived*, right?
I'm do wish to point out the relationship between the paradigm you work under and the business health you'll get. OSS is one of the best communities you can adopt for your business. On Sun, Jan 6, 2013 at 11:01 PM, Joseph Mutumi <[email protected]> wrote: > > > 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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