[ga] Re: [ PFIR ] How to Destroy Yahoo

["Jeffrey A. Williams" <jwkckid1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Lauren and all,

  I for one, as are all of our members in favor of shutting
Yahoo down all together.  The huge amounts of spam and
miss configured DNS aiding and abetting the spread of same,
as well as malware, spyware, and viruses, as well as enabling
the spread of phishing is enough justification for Yahoo to be
shut down permanently.  For example as to miss configured
DNS by Yahoo.com, see:
http://member.dnsstuff.com/tools/dnslite.php?r=homepage&domain=yahoo.com

and
http://private.dnsstuff.com/tools/dnsreport.ch?domain=yahoo.com&token=27c02ee38f91b9d3153637842b61a019

  As such, and quite frankly, I for one could care less what Yahoo's
financial condition is.  It has arrived at that position largely due,
IMO, to their errant, perhaps illegal, and arrogant business attitude
accordingly.  Ergo, they deserve no "Bailout" of any sort.  The will
get nothing what so ever from myself and our members but or
absolute disdain.

pfir@xxxxxxxx wrote:

>                               How to Destroy Yahoo
>
>                   http://lauren.vortex.com/archive/000454.html
>
> Greetings.  It is being reported that after continuing resistance
> from DOJ and other quarters, Google and Yahoo may be on the verge of
> calling off their proposed ad sharing arrangement
> ( http://tinyurl.com/google-yahoo ).
>
> While I understand the concerns raised by detractors of the plan, I
> can't help but feel that collapse of the partnership would be a
> gigantic nail in Yahoo's coffin, and ultimately a blow
> *against* vibrant competition in the ad serving marketplace.
>
> The Google/Yahoo proposal represents a means to get cash to Yahoo at
> just the time when Yahoo needs it most.  If the plan vaporizes, the
> odds of Yahoo continuing for very long as a stand-alone enterprise
> would seem markedly worsened.  This would ultimately most likely
> represent a significant contraction of competition, not an
> improvement.
>
> My gut feeling is that a lot of folks complaining about this
> proposed arrangement couldn't care less about Yahoo -- or the real
> state of ad competition. What they really want to do is simply
> "stick it" to Google.  If Yahoo disintegrates, and we end up with
> even less ad competition in the long run -- oh well, them's the
> breaks seems to be the prevailing attitude amongst this crowd.
>
> For anyone genuinely interested in ad serving competition, this
> seems like cutting off your nose to spite your face -- painful,
> unwise, and in the end likely to bring about the very outcome that
> they ostensibly wish to avoid.
>
> In other words, pretty dumb.
>
> --Lauren--
> Lauren Weinstein
> lauren@xxxxxxxxxx or lauren@xxxxxxxx
> Tel: +1 (818) 225-2800
> http://www.pfir.org/lauren
> Co-Founder, PFIR
>    - People For Internet Responsibility - http://www.pfir.org
> Co-Founder, NNSquad
>    - Network Neutrality Squad - http://www.nnsquad.org
> Founder, PRIVACY Forum - http://www.vortex.com
> Member, ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy
> Lauren's Blog: http://lauren.vortex.com
>
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