From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Oct 9 19:26:18 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 CF84016A4CE for ; Sat, 9 Oct 2004 19:26:18 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com (mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com [65.75.192.90]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 648A443D2F for ; Sat, 9 Oct 2004 19:26:18 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) Received: from tedwin2k (nat-rtr.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com [65.75.197.130]) i99JQCq97463; Sat, 9 Oct 2004 12:26:12 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" To: , Date: Sat, 9 Oct 2004 12:26:12 -0700 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.6604 (9.0.2911.0) In-Reply-To: <155.4055f974.2e99683f@aol.com> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1441 Importance: Normal cc: questions@freebsd.org 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: Sat, 09 Oct 2004 19:26:19 -0000 > -----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