Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2005 15:42:14 +0000 From: Freminlins <freminlins@gmail.com> To: Jorn Argelo <jorn@wcborstel.nl> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Is Yahoo! moving from FreeBSD? Message-ID: <eeef1a4c050223074232167e2d@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20050223152920.M33473@wcborstel.nl> References: <eeef1a4c05022306003916ee9d@mail.gmail.com> <20050223152920.M33473@wcborstel.nl>
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On Wed, 23 Feb 2005 16:36:36 +0100, Jorn Argelo <jorn@wcborstel.nl> wrote: > I don't think that they would. That'll be a massive migration involving lots > and lots of costs. They have to pay for RedHat Enterprise too. The only reason > I can think off is that they want support.Perhaps I missed a part, but I don't > see the word FreeBSD in that article. Although it doesn't state FreeBSD, I understand that Yahoo! runs stuff on FreeBSD. > Besides, the point of the article is not regarding a migration of Yahoo, but > Linux and IT in general. It has nothing to do with Yahoo or FreeBSD. I think > that the author of the article is simply mistaking. I'n not sure I agree with that. The author stated "But in December, Yahoo started to port ... to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0" That would suggest that Yahoo! is moving to Linux. I am very interested in this as I have for several years used the argument "we use the same OS as Yahoo!". We're not going to migrate to Linux if Yahoo! does. > Jorn. Frem.
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