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February 1st, 2008

These three Flickr images sum up some users' opinion of any Yahoo-Microsoft deal

Posted by Russell Shaw @ 3:40 pm

Categories: Images, microsoft, yahoo

Tags: Yahoo! Inc., Flickr, Microsoft Corp., Image, Russell Shaw

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If, as Wired.com blogger Scott Gilbertson notes, you go to Yahoo!-owned Flickr and you request to see images tagged Microsoft, you are going to see lots of images from Flickr users who don’t want to see Microsoft’s intended purchase of Yahoo! happen.

A few of the images are profane, using barnyard language and worse.

Others, such as the image at the top of this post take on a bit more of a political approach, declaring a boycott of further Flickr postings until more info comes to light.

Then we have this interesting mashup: a YouTube posted on Flickr, where poster jcrr appears to be cringing in pain:2234921585_11a4b285d5.jpg

But the best?

Gotta be this one:

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Now that’s art.

But WWJD (What Will (Yahoo CEO) Jerry (Yang) do?

Russell Shaw is an enterprise computing journalist, analyst and author based in Portland, Oregon. See his full profile and disclosure of his industry affiliations.

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I love the remix, but I think the Seth Green respose tops that one.

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LOL - One more...  MGP2 | 02/02/08
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