[Mageia-dev] Is there any reason keeping ask.com as firefox's default search engine?

Sat Feb 19 14:53:33 CET 2011

 On Sat, 19 Feb 2011 10:14:17 +0800, Funda Wang wrote:
+> 2011/2/18 Michael Scherer <misc at zarb.org>:
+>> Le vendredi 18 février 2011 à 11:49 +0100, Pascal Terjan a écrit :
+>>> On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 08:23, Funda Wang <fundawang at gmail.com> 
+>>> wrote:
+>>> > Hello,
+>>> >
+>>> > I couldn't have time installing alpha now, but I've found that we
+>>> > still promote ask.com as default search engine of firefox, and 
+>>> other
+>>> > additional search engines such as jamendo.
+>>> >
+>>> > I think mageia has nothing todo with above search engine.
+>>>
+>>> Yes there is no reason
+>>> What should be decided is if Mageia switches back to default search
+>>> engine or selects another one for whatever reason
+>>
+>> Following upstream seems to be the safer solution for the moment.
+>>
+>> ( even if I would not be against promoting alternative solutions ).
+> Agreed. But the reason of promoting ask.com as default search engine,
+> is that they have an agreement with Mandriva the company. So...
+
+ When speaking of alternatives, I was more thinking of distributed one 
+ like
+ yacy, seeks, majestic12 rather than others commercials one.
+
+-- 
+ Michael Scherer
+
+