How Would GNU/Linux Users Be Affected by Yahoo-Microsoft Merger?
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| Articles about Microsoft's bid have probably tired you to death by now, but
| this article discusses one particular aspect of the potential takeover,
| namely its effect on GNU/Linux and BSD users.
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http://itmanagement.earthweb.com/cnews/article.php/3725691
Yahoo still flirts with Google. Good signs here as well:
Yahoo axes music service, strikes deal with Rhapsody
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| RealNetworks, ironically, has a hostile history with Microsoft, too, dating
| back to an antitrust scuffle several years ago that led to a partnership in
| which RealNetworks ultimately claimed it was shortchanged.
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http://www.news.com/8301-13577_3-9863937-36.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20
Works in Linux too, accroding to John Bailo.
Recent:
Microsoft is ready to oust Yahoo! board to achieve swift takeover
http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/technology/article3300964.ece?EMC-Bltn=LOXCF1
Yahoo may consider Google alliance, source says
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| Yahoo Inc would consider a business alliance with Google Inc as one way to
| rebuff a $44.6 billion takeover proposal by Microsoft, a source familiar with
| Yahoo's strategy said on Sunday.
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http://www.reuters.com/article/ousiv/idUSN0362915520080204
Microsoft-Yahoo Deal Faces Competition Scrutiny
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| Microsoft's audacious $44.6bn bid for Yahoo! could fall foul of European
| competition law, according to a leading competition consultancy.
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http://www.cbronline.com/article_news.asp?guid=6D714A80-16E9-4F25-94B0-B87519A3F182
With Yahoo, Microsoft faces antitrust fight once again
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| Microsoft's proposed $44.6 billion purchase of Yahoo could subject the
| software giant to the kind of critical antitrust scrutiny from Washington it
| hasn't experienced in nearly a decade.
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http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9862973-7.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20
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