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Subject: Re: Microsoft-Yahoo-Offer
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Konrad Heuer wrote:
> 
> 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?

I think people should not become frightened when nothing has actually 
happened yet.

Kris