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From: Konrad Heuer <kheuer2@gwdg.de>
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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, kheuer2@gwdg.de