Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2001 09:02:50 -0700 From: Kent Stewart <kstewart@urx.com> To: jim@FreeBSD.org Cc: Clare Gramley <cgramley@ccaonline.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Yahoo Message-ID: <3AD7232A.52C09ADA@urx.com> References: <000a01c0c42c$467742c0$57f68bcd@pavilion> <20010413113047.B8110@guinness.osdn.com>
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Jim Mock wrote: > > On Fri, 13 Apr 2001 at 10:12:58 -0500, Clare Gramley wrote: > > Hello. As a Yahoo sponsor, > > The FreeBSD Project is not a Yahoo! sponsor. Yahoo! runs the FreeBSD > operating system, and apart from that, FreeBSD has nothing to do with > them. > > > I just want to let you know that due to Yahoo's decision to sponsor > > advertising for explicit sexual material, I'll no longer be using > > Yahoo as a primary search engine at either my place of business or > > home. My husband and two teens will also stop using Yahoo, and > > whenever the I have the opportunity in conversation with others, I'll > > mention Yahoo's poor business practices and the reasons our family > > will no longer be using Yahoo. There is plenty of access to such > > material without having it pop up onto my screen on Yahoo. > > Maybe you should get all the facts before you open the hole in your face > and come off looking like an idiot. As of today, they are no longer > selling porn and will not enter into new contracts for adult-related > advertising. Read this story at CBS MarketWatch: > > http://www2.marketwatch.com/news/yhoo/story.asp?source=blq/yhoo&siteid=yhoo&dist=yhoo&guid=%7BBE974E1D%2DCE16%2D4446%2DA7AE%2DAD43C79EBAC5%7D > > THIS MAILING LIST IS NOT THE PLACE FOR THIS CRAP. IF YOU HAVE > COMPLAINTS ABOUT YAHOO, BITCH TO THEM, NOT US. Do you bitch to > Microsoft about every porn site or site selling porn that runs Windows? > I didn't think so. I still think everyone that is torqued at messages like this should write abuse@ccaonline.com (in this case) and cc sprintlink.net, who is their ISP, for abusing an International list. Kent > > Now go away, dammit. > > - jim > > -- > - jim mock <mij@osdn.com> - O|S|D|N - open source development network - > - http://www.freebsdzine.org/ - jim@freebsdzine.org - jim@FreeBSD.org - > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- Kent Stewart Richland, WA mailto:kbstew99@hotmail.com http://kstewart.urx.com/kstewart/index.html FreeBSD News http://daily.daemonnews.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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