Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2000 22:25:56 -0600 (CST) From: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> To: "Debbie Machado" <ldmservices@charter.net> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: OT: (Re: Why do you support Yahoo!) Message-ID: <14912.13524.425847.855032@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <121895762@toto.iv>
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Debbie Machado <ldmservices@charter.net> types: > This is a multi-part message in MIME format. Please don't do this to the questions@freebsd.org list. Send plain text instead. > I noticed Yahoo has you listed as one of their business supporters. I > stopped using Yahoo aggressively after I realized they support all religions > except Christianity. Just try to find a Christmas card about Christ amongst > all the other religious cards they freely give users access to on their main > page for "Christmas". Since Yahoo refuses to acknowledge Christmas as an > American Religious Holiday, like the other ones they list, I figured this > year I would sent out a Christmas card from their service to all my family, > friends, business associates, clients, & online news media simply explaining > what I've observed and how it makes me feel. I also will list all the > sponsors, advertisers, & partners as supporters. You don't need to respond > to me. YOU NEED TO REACT TO THEM. In Him -Debbie First, to answer the question - to my knowledge, FreeBSD doesn't support Yahoo. Yahoo runs their business on FreeBSD software, but that's not something we have much to say about - other than being justifiably proud of providing the software foundation for one of the busiest sites on the web. As for your complaint about them - it seems to be false. On the e-greetings page, I see a short list of religious holidays, including Christmas (the Christian holiday of the season). Following that link, I find a listing for "religious" Christmas cards, among others kinds that people celebrating Christmas are liable to want. Following that link, I find two pages or twenty-two cards of a noticeably Christian nature. Compare that to the link for Winter Solstice, which takes you to the one and only card offered for that holiday. If I thought boycotting a company for such reasons was rational behavior, I'd say my doing so was more justified than your doing so. <mike -- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ Independent WWW/Unix/FreeBSD consultant, email for more information. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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