From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Oct 15 03:40:43 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3495516A4CE for ; Fri, 15 Oct 2004 03:40:43 +0000 (GMT) Received: from imo-m18.mx.aol.com (imo-m18.mx.aol.com [64.12.138.208]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BE97343D58 for ; Fri, 15 Oct 2004 03:40:40 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from TM4525@aol.com) Received: from TM4525@aol.com by imo-m18.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v37_r3.8.) id n.66.48724c37 (4254) for ; Thu, 14 Oct 2004 23:40:37 -0400 (EDT) From: TM4525@aol.com Message-ID: <66.48724c37.2ea0a0b5@aol.com> Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2004 23:40:37 EDT To: questions@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: 9.0 for Windows sub 5112 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 Subject: Re: What version of FBSD does Yahoo run? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 15 Oct 2004 03:40:43 -0000 In a message dated 10/9/04 3:26:34 PM Eastern Daylight Time, tedm@toybox.placo.com writes: > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of TM4525@aol.com > Sent: Saturday, October 09, 2004 9:14 AM > To: daemon@foxchat.net > Note that it also took quite a bit a beating to get them to admit that > > 1) They dont know the answer to the Subject > or > 2) Yahoo runs something quite different than what is available > generally since > they've "substantially" modified it. > No, it is just I would be surprised if they didn't. Yahoo like any large company almost certainly has patentable ideas and a crew of lawyers reviewing everything. I would also expect they have a patent portfolio. Otherwise nothing would prevent some competitor ripping off their ideas and setting up a duplicate "yahoo" website. I would guess - since it is usual for this in most large companies - that some of these ideas are implemented in the FreeBSD they run. I don't work at Yahoo so I can freely speculate. And my speculations are founded on what is normal and usual for most larger companies. Nobody that works at Yahoo and actually knows the truth would be able to even speak hypothetically about what runs at Yahoo, as they would almost certaily be under an NDA. (something that is also normal and usual for most large companies) Ted ----------------------------------------- I don't see why Yahoo, or any other large company for that matter, would need or want to substantially modify the OS proper, as its a big win to *not* modify it so that you can run on whatever is the latest and greatest with minimal effort, you are certainly entitled to you opinion. Of course my point was that IF in fact you are right, and frankly I couldn't care less if you are or not, then the FreeBSD clan shouldn't be touting Yahoo as "using freeBSD", any more than Ford can claim that some NASCAR driver drives a Mustang, if its been modified enough so that what they use is a completely different animal. If what Yahoo uses is "based" on FreeBSD, thats much different that using what everyone else does.