M$ + Yahoo = Disaster for Y! Users

Billy Crook billycrook at gmail.com
Thu Feb 7 16:29:59 CST 2008


I'm pressing the 'm' hotkey in gmail on this thread, before it gets out of hand.

On Feb 7, 2008 4:20 PM, James Sissel <jimsissel at yahoo.com> wrote:
> I don't mind paying them $20 a year for a 24x7 post office.  I download
> everything from them every 15 minutes while my PC is running.  Better than I
> could do at home.  I also don't mind paying the phone company for a phone,
> the gas company for gas, the electricity company for electricity, etc.
> Sure, I COULD do all that myself ... but why?
>
> Now if Micro$oft buys them I do object to paying them even one penny even IF
> they could actually provide a good product.
>
>
> Luke -Jr <luke at dashjr.org> wrote:
> On Thursday 07 February 2008, Leo Mauler wrote:
> > --- Julie wrote:
> > > I have soooooo much stuff stored in my many Y!
> > > accounts it's not even close to funny! I've had
> > > these accounts for YEARS and you know how stuff
> > > 'piles up'.
> >
> > Yes, I see now that Unlimited Mail Storage is more of
> > a curse than a blessing.
>
> Only when someone else holds it hostage, like Yahoo has always done.
> Unless you pay them $x, you can't download your email.
>
> That's why I will never let any company host my email for me.
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