OK, let me just start by saying my confidence in what I am about to say is just over 50%, say 50.1%, but I’m going to say it anyway:
I can’t help but wonder if all these execs leaving Y! is a good thing. Seriously. Where have they gotten Y! to date? Time for some fresh [...]
Google says Microsoft’s Yahoo buy might hurt Internet - Yahoo! News
Wow, Googs must really be scared of this merger… Why else would they be waging such a big PR war? My opinion is we have more to fear from Google, then we do from Microhoo! Google has a virtual monopoly on searches, and very little [...]
What Would Microsoft Do with Yahoo’s Zimbra? - Yahoo! News
Or, perhaps this is Microsoft’s “out”… Basic premise, MS buys Y! which is doing a lot more to support Open Source these days. MS has always been viewed as anti Open Source because of the Linux debacle, among other things. Buying Y! gives them a way [...]
Google Leads Attack on Microsoft-Yahoo Merger - Yahoo! News
In a Google Blog post Sunday, David Drummond, Google’s chief legal officer, called on regulators to examine “thoroughly” the questions raised by Microsoft’s offer, while reminding everyone that Google stands for “openness and innovation.”
What do people think? Is Google open? My gut says no, but I [...]
Dennis Kubes has a nice response on the Lucene mailing list about what Wikia is up to and I think it goes a long way in showing that most of the pundits (TechCrunch) out there just don’t get it. They are BUILDING a search engine. It is not complete. It is an open source project. [...]
Analyst: Wikia Search Fails To Deliver - Yahoo! News
“But one analyst said he isn’t so sure Wales’ efforts do much to improve the current model.”
My god, give me a break. It’s an ALPHA release. This is what people don’t get about open source. In open source, you put everything out there almost all the time. [...]
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