Yahoo caught censoring Open Sauce By Nick Farrell January 25 2008, 9:32 AM Yahoo has been accused of favouring Microsoft over Open Sauce software on its Yahoo Answers service. Amanda Kerik responded to a problem that a user was having with their Windows machine that since they had to do a re-install they might as well install Ubuntu [...]
Yahoo caught censoring Open Sauce
By Nick Farrell
January 25 2008, 9:32 AM
Yahoo has been accused of favouring Microsoft over Open Sauce software on its Yahoo Answers service. Amanda Kerik responded to a problem that a user was having with their Windows machine that since they had to do a re-install they might as well install Ubuntu Linux.
She got a message back from Yahoo claiming that such a comment was in violation of its Community Guidelines or Terms of Service. It deleted her answer and warned her not to post anything like that again.
The incident has created a bit of a stir after Kerik posted it on her bog and there are dark mutterings about a Yahoo boycott. According to Slated it is further proof that Yahoo is a bit too close to the Vole. It has previously supplied them with search and ad services and even if a merger is of the drawing board, it appears the two companies are working closely.
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