From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Apr 13 8:30:57 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from cluck.stealthchickens.org (cluck.stealthchickens.org [209.192.217.153]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 78BA037B53A for ; Fri, 13 Apr 2001 08:30:51 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jim@FreeBSD.org) Received: from guinness.osdn.com (root@cluck.stealthchickens.org [209.192.217.153]) by cluck.stealthchickens.org (8.11.3/8.11.3) with ESMTP id f3DFUnk73040; Fri, 13 Apr 2001 11:30:49 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from jim@FreeBSD.org) Received: by guinness.osdn.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id AC828100; Fri, 13 Apr 2001 11:30:47 -0400 (EDT) Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2001 11:30:47 -0400 From: Jim Mock To: Clare Gramley Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Yahoo Message-ID: <20010413113047.B8110@guinness.osdn.com> Reply-To: jim@FreeBSD.org References: <000a01c0c42c$467742c0$57f68bcd@pavilion> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.17i In-Reply-To: <000a01c0c42c$467742c0$57f68bcd@pavilion>; from cgramley@ccaonline.com on Fri, Apr 13, 2001 at 10:12:58AM -0500 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, 13 Apr 2001 at 10:12:58 -0500, Clare Gramley wrote: > Hello. As a Yahoo sponsor, The FreeBSD Project is not a Yahoo! sponsor. Yahoo! runs the FreeBSD operating system, and apart from that, FreeBSD has nothing to do with them. > I just want to let you know that due to Yahoo's decision to sponsor > advertising for explicit sexual material, I'll no longer be using > Yahoo as a primary search engine at either my place of business or > home. My husband and two teens will also stop using Yahoo, and > whenever the I have the opportunity in conversation with others, I'll > mention Yahoo's poor business practices and the reasons our family > will no longer be using Yahoo. There is plenty of access to such > material without having it pop up onto my screen on Yahoo. Maybe you should get all the facts before you open the hole in your face and come off looking like an idiot. As of today, they are no longer selling porn and will not enter into new contracts for adult-related advertising. Read this story at CBS MarketWatch: http://www2.marketwatch.com/news/yhoo/story.asp?source=blq/yhoo&siteid=yhoo&dist=yhoo&guid=%7BBE974E1D%2DCE16%2D4446%2DA7AE%2DAD43C79EBAC5%7D THIS MAILING LIST IS NOT THE PLACE FOR THIS CRAP. IF YOU HAVE COMPLAINTS ABOUT YAHOO, BITCH TO THEM, NOT US. Do you bitch to Microsoft about every porn site or site selling porn that runs Windows? I didn't think so. Now go away, dammit. - jim -- - jim mock - O|S|D|N - open source development network - - http://www.freebsdzine.org/ - jim@freebsdzine.org - jim@FreeBSD.org - To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message