http://thunk.org/tytso/blog/2008/04/25/links-2008-04-25/ Musings about Open Source, Linux, and Life by Theodore Tso Mon, 22 Feb 2010 22:39:59 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://thunk.org/tytso/blog/2008/04/25/links-2008-04-25/comment-page-1/#comment-423 tytso Sat, 26 Apr 2008 04:09:37 +0000 http://thunk.org/tytso/blog/2008/04/25/links-2008-04-25/#comment-423 I'm not sure it makes sense for Microsoft; Yahoo's DNA is BSD servers and PHP. Microsoft's is Windows Internet Information Server (IIS). If the acquisition goes through, all of Yahoo's best engineers will leave and end up going into the arms of Google. Who is going to run all of Yahoo's web properties then? The highly talented individuals at MSN? I don't think so.... I’m not sure it makes sense for Microsoft; Yahoo’s DNA is BSD servers and PHP. Microsoft’s is Windows Internet Information Server (IIS). If the acquisition goes through, all of Yahoo’s best engineers will leave and end up going into the arms of Google. Who is going to run all of Yahoo’s web properties then? The highly talented individuals at MSN? I don’t think so….

]]> http://thunk.org/tytso/blog/2008/04/25/links-2008-04-25/comment-page-1/#comment-400 Anonymous Fri, 25 Apr 2008 18:12:14 +0000 http://thunk.org/tytso/blog/2008/04/25/links-2008-04-25/#comment-400 A Microsoft/Yahoo merger makes a lot of sense, for Microsoft; it just doesn't make any sense for Yahoo. A Microsoft/Yahoo merger makes a lot of sense, for Microsoft; it just doesn’t make any sense for Yahoo.

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