Funny
>> There are other opensource licenses than the dreaded, infectious, GPL
And no real world programmers would license their works as BSD unless they've been force fed the ray of sunshine, my little pony BDS cool aid. It's shame that such a trust will always be abused, but that's just what the BSD folks set themselves up for.
>> Hence, therefore, and ergo, MiYahoo will never be able to achieve the same
>> economies that (in part) fuel Google's success.
Yes well, Microsoft aren't known for having the most robust management, the amount of money they throw at problems is worrying. If Microsoft acquire Yahoo, yahoo will be dead. It won't be an acquisition, it'll be a slaughter.