Ubuntu's default search engine to change in deal with Yahoo

[Fabio FZero]

The interesting thing here (and I think this was pointed out on
Slashdot) is that Yahoo is now backed by Bing, so basically Microsoft
is paying in part for the development of ubuntu. :-)

FZ

On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 14:02, Tyler Aviss <tjaviss-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 6:47 AM, Michael Lauzon <mlauzon-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
>> Has anyone seen this yet, here's a brief excerpt:
>>
>> "Canonical, the company behind the popular Ubuntu Linux distribution,
>> revealed today that it has established a revenue sharing agreement
>> with Yahoo. As part of the deal, the Firefox Web browser that is
>> shipped in Ubuntu will be configured to use Yahoo as the default
>> search engine.
>>
>> "Rick Spencer, the leader of Canonical's desktop team, announced the
>> search engine change today on a public Ubuntu mailing list. The
>> specific terms of the agreement have not been disclosed. According to
>> Spencer, the new default will appear in the development version of the
>> distribution "as soon as reasonably possible" and will be in place in
>> time for Ubuntu 10.04, which is scheduled for release in April. They
>> have not indicated whether the change will be applied retroactively to
>> existing installations of the current stable version, but they have
>> confirmed that it will be changed for existing users who upgrade from
>> the current stable version to 10.04."
>>
>> http://arstechnica.com/open-source/news/2010/01/ubuntus-default-search-engine-to-change-in-deal-with-yahoo.ars
>>
>> --
>> Sincerely,
>>
>> Michael Lauzon
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>
> There seems to be a really big push against google search lately. MS
> teaming up with apple, etc.
> As for myself, I *prefer* google, so Canonical can go do whatever they
> want, I'll just change it back. Not really a big issue unless they're
> forcing yahoo and removing other options
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