<a href="http://arstechnica.com/open-source/news/2010/01/ubuntus-default-search-engine-to-change-in-deal-with-yahoo.ars">http://arstechnica.com/open-source/news/2010/01/ubuntus-default-search-engine-to-change-in-deal-with-yahoo.ars</a><br>
<br>"It's worth noting that Yahoo's data retention practices are <a href="http://arstechnica.com/old/content/2008/12/yahoo-outdoes-google-will-scrub-search-logs-after-90-days.ars">more privacy-friendly</a> than Google's. Yahoo search <br>
records are anonymized after 90 days, a practice that will <a href="http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/news/2010/01/microsoft-to-delete-yahoo-search-data-after-3-months.ars">continue in the future</a>. Google, on the other hand, <br>
keeps the data for three times as long and has faced criticism for its <a href="http://arstechnica.com/security/news/2008/09/security-expert-google-anonymization-not-anonymous-enough.ars">allegedly inadequate</a> anonymization."<br>
<br>I believe, in some areas, Google has said they reserve the right to keep your private data<br>forever and they link your search results with other Google services you might use, so moving<br>to Yahoo, I think, is a positive step for open source software.<br>
<br><br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 12:14 PM, Lori Paniak <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ldpaniak@fourpisolutions.com">ldpaniak@fourpisolutions.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
It's barely a settings change.  It is a list re-ordering:  On 9.10,<br>
Google is the first choice (default) for searches, Yahoo second.  Just<br>
click on chevron beside the search box to pick your favourite.<br>
<br>
In the end it is about $$.  Canonical is a business and as such it needs<br>
to make some money occasionally.  Good for Canonical, good for FF and<br>
good for FLOSS!<br>
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On Wed, 2010-01-27 at 11:20 -0500, Darcy Casselman wrote:<br>
> Firefox ships with Google as the default search engine.  Ubuntu's<br>
> changing that to ship with Yahoo! instead.  I doubt it's even a source<br>
> change.  It's a settings change.<br>
><br>
> Don't worry.  You can switch it back.<br>
><br>
> Darcy.<br>
><br>
> On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 11:14 AM,  <<a href="mailto:shane.msg@gmail.com">shane.msg@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> > If that is the case I would really like to see the full particulars of that deal.  Released under GPL perhaps?  Is this confirmed or a rumor?  If a rumor, started by whom?<br>
> > ================<br>
> > It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.<br>
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> > Date: Wed, 27 Jan 2010 11:06:46<br>
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