Hi,
I just want to make a point, what Yahoo, Msn, and google are providing is
not software, it's a service, that in the end you cannot change, for example
you cannot change Yahoo's homepage to look the way you like it. so what is
the difference if they claim they support open source or not .... well if
google is an open source supporter, why don't they open the code for gtalk,
so someone might port it to *nix.
The important thing for us is if they provide a good service or not.
Also, if Microsoft acquired Yahoo, well Microsoft is a company that profit
is what it wants, they won't be that stupid to shut down Yahoo, just to
prove a point, it would take them years to port everything to pure M$
systems.and it's going to cost them Billions.
In the end Microsoft is not pure evil, and Google is not the guardian angel,
for these companies the open source support is a marketing decision more
than an actual thing, a lot of the companies that claim they support open
source were once pure evil before, (IBM, Sun, ... etc.), like what they were
living in sin, now they washed them selves of it.
I guess there is more important things to deal with than what these
capitalists are making, how about DRM, patent, privacy. there is no evil and
good in such world.
On Feb 5, 2008 4:10 AM, Seif Attar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> On Tue, 2008-02-05 at 00:18 +0200, Omar Hafez wrote:
> > Yes Faisal, unfortunately, what you have said is true.
> >
> > But again, I still wonder, why do you guys not agree with me when I
> > say that this is one of the advantages of the Open Source world.
> >
> > If Microsoft's staff reaches the number 20000 or 70000, or more, do
> > not forget that the Open Source world might contain the remaining
> > number of Web professionals in the globe.
> > If we manage to gather as much support as we can, we might be able to
> > do something similar to that happening in Operating Systems world.
>
> emm, are we talking about an open source search engine here? there are
> many lying around. Yahoo is not a search engine it is a portal (among
> other things), I very very rarely use yahoo, but I guess it's an icon; a
> random writes software to fulfil his needs, gets it on the Internet and
> suddenly gets lots of money out of it! Yahoo were the first(?) to make
> it to Fortune 500, as far as I remember! and to see microsoft buy them
> out annoys me because of what Yahoo is to the internet in this sense.
> Another worry I have, is will microsoft kill zimbra? hope not. anyways,
> I hope the directors at yahoo dont sell.
>
>
> > Linus Torvalds did not make Linux as strong as it is now all by
> > himself, we all know that hundreds if not thousands of corporations
> > and individuals are involved in the rapid evolution of our beloved
> > revolution OS. Dell and IBM are some of these.
>
> hehe, IBM!
>
> > So if we can do the same to a search engine, I think Microsoft will
> > not stand a chance.
>
> I do hate microsoft, but I dont think they are the enemy! We should be
> worrying about software patents, our rights online, intellectual
> property and freedom to share, modify and evolve! Microsoft will
> eventually have to give in (like IBM did to PCs), but that is not the
> target (not for me anyways).
>
> > Let me explain a bit more, let's take the Middle East for example.
> > I, personally, think that the Arab world must not be isolated from all
> > this.
> > How about if Maktoob.com and Ayna.com join forces, I know they both
> > are still too far from the competition. But if we manage to gather as
> > much support as possible, and keep in mind that we have large
> > workforce in this field.
>
> You lost me here! but yeah, no one should be isolated from this (open
> source, freedom, call it what you want). Or do you want them to join
> forces to become a competitor to microsoft? i would love to see that!
>
> Peace,
> Seif A.
>
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