Re: Microsoft-Yahoo-Offer
Konrad Heuer wrote: Knowing what happened when M$ bought Hotmail - FreeBSD was gradually replaced by Windows - I fear that one very famous commercial user (and sponsor?) of FreeBSD will move away from FreeBSD. I don't really know, but... 1. the last Microsoft OS experiment didn't end that well. Their process is rigid and costly. 2. the satellite commercial BSD project OS X is a success. 3. Microsoft is trying to enter the UNIX market. 4. Microsoft is trying to reap the benefits of the open source community. 5. FreeBSD has a very corporate-friendly license plus skilled and handy community. 6. every major IT company has their free pet by now, but there seem to be a thorn in Microsoft / Novell relationship and it is GPL 3. 7. the FreeBSD Fundation is Providing legal support on issues like understanding the GPLv3... It could go in either direction, if it's for the better depends upon your expectations. -- Regards, Karel Miklav ___ freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-advocacy To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Microsoft-Yahoo-Offer
Hello everyone, since I've read about the M$ offer to buy Yahoo in the newspapers on saturday I'm wondering whether this will be a threat or a chance for FreeBSD. Knowing what happened when M$ bought Hotmail - FreeBSD was gradually replaced by Windows - I fear that one very famous commercial user (and sponsor?) of FreeBSD will move away from FreeBSD. What do you think and expect? Best regards Konrad Heuer GWDG, Am Fassberg, 37077 Goettingen, Germany, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-advocacy To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Microsoft-Yahoo-Offer
Konrad Heuer wrote: Hello everyone, since I've read about the M$ offer to buy Yahoo in the newspapers on saturday I'm wondering whether this will be a threat or a chance for FreeBSD. Knowing what happened when M$ bought Hotmail - FreeBSD was gradually replaced by Windows - I fear that one very famous commercial user (and sponsor?) of FreeBSD will move away from FreeBSD. What do you think and expect? I think people should not become frightened when nothing has actually happened yet. Kris ___ freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-advocacy To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Microsoft-Yahoo-Offer
Niki Denev [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: There's a speculation that Yahoo may reject Microsoft's offer in favor of alliance with Google http://slashdot.org/articles/08/02/04/0130235.shtml And like pretty much everything else on Slashdot, it is just that: wild speculation. Yahoo! has rejected offers from Microsoft in the past, but this time, Microsoft addressed their very generous offer (~60% above last close at the time it was made) directly to the shareholders, and there is nothing Y! can do to stop it if enough shareholders decide to bite. This tactic is commonly known as a hostile takeover. I am not saying Microsoft will succeed, nor that they will fail. I don't know either way, and at this point, I don't think anybody else does either. However, when listening to such speculation as you refer to above, you should take into account the fact that some people may stand to make a lot of money by convincing the market, or even just a small part of it, that their speculation is factual rather than pulled out of thin air. DES -- Dag-Erling Smørgrav - [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-advocacy To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Microsoft-Yahoo-Offer
Konrad Heuer [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: since I've read about the M$ offer to buy Yahoo in the newspapers on saturday I'm wondering whether this will be a threat or a chance for FreeBSD. Please don't stir this up again. It's been discussed ad nauseam on -chat and in other fora already, and that by, shall we say, people of far less discrimination than yourself. While I don't think anybody seriously expects at this point that Yahoo! will stop using and supporting FreeBSD for several years at least, the project will neither be caught unawares nor without a backup plan if it does happen. DES (neither a member of nor speaking for core@) -- Dag-Erling Smørgrav - [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-advocacy To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Microsoft-Yahoo-Offer
2008/2/5, Dag-Erling Smørgrav [EMAIL PROTECTED]: the time it was made) directly to the shareholders, and there is nothing Y! can do to stop it if enough shareholders decide to bite. This tactic is commonly known as a hostile takeover. http://www.geekculture.com/joyoftech/joyimages/1065.jpg Like this? :P -- Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint attachments. See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html 09 F9 11 02 9D 74 E3 5B D8 41 56 C5 63 56 88 C0 ___ freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-advocacy To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
