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As Microsoft Powers Yahoo!'s Search, Whither Yahoo!'s Open Efforts?

Back when Microsoft was actively pursuing an acquisition of Yahoo!, only to withdraw its bid, many observers felt that the withdrawal was good news for Yahoo!'s many open source and open initiatives. But we made the point back then that the game might just have begun. From Yahoo!'s open strategy for developers, to its Yahoo! User Interface Library (YUI), to the company's reliance on Hadoop for advanced fast queries, Yahoo! has always been a strong supporter of open standards. Yahoo!'s entire site runs on FreeBSD--a free operating system descended from AT&T Unix.

Microsoft still isn't acquiring Yahoo!, but it has struck a far-reaching search deal with the company. What are the implications for Yahoo!'s many open source and open standards initiatives?



Microsoft Won't Buy Yahoo: Good for Open Source?

After several months of discussion and speculation, the Microsoft-Yahoo buyout deal is apparently off. At least, that's what both Microsoft and Yahoo announced over the weekend. There is some speculation that Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer made his announcement in order to topple Yahoo's share price, in order to make another offer at a lower price. But for now, Yahoo is saying that they have come out of this fight stronger and more focused than before. Does this mean that we will see a change in Yahoo's commitment to open source?



Microsoft's Ray Ozzie: Slow Integration for MicroHoo

You probably saw the comments from Microsoft chief software architect Ray Ozzie this week, regarding his vision of a slow integration of technology platforms if Microsoft does acquire Yahoo. Ozzie told the Financial Times that seeking to quickly smash things together would be reckless. However, most of the analysis of these comments is centering on how Microsoft might approach integrating Yahoo's online advertising with its own platforms. This misses some huge points, not the least of which is that Yahoo runs almost entirely on open source software, and Microsoft will have to embrace that if it picks up Yahoo.