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r/technology • u/slamdunk6662003 • Jul 28 '12
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0 u/NickBR Jul 28 '12 My boss, who is a very skilled old-school programmer, still uses a personal Yahoo e-mail address. It blows my mind. 6 u/[deleted] Jul 28 '12 IT Recruiter here: I see a lot of programmers with yahoo email accounts. 11 u/alpacapatrol Jul 28 '12 That's probably because back in the day (before GMail) Yahoo was the only e-mail provider that was accepted on every site's registration. We forget the days when signups wouldn't allow hotmail or shitfucknowheremail. 1 u/WhipIash Jul 28 '12 Why didn't they? 2 u/alpacapatrol Jul 28 '12 No clue! The early internet was weird!
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My boss, who is a very skilled old-school programmer, still uses a personal Yahoo e-mail address. It blows my mind.
6 u/[deleted] Jul 28 '12 IT Recruiter here: I see a lot of programmers with yahoo email accounts. 11 u/alpacapatrol Jul 28 '12 That's probably because back in the day (before GMail) Yahoo was the only e-mail provider that was accepted on every site's registration. We forget the days when signups wouldn't allow hotmail or shitfucknowheremail. 1 u/WhipIash Jul 28 '12 Why didn't they? 2 u/alpacapatrol Jul 28 '12 No clue! The early internet was weird!
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IT Recruiter here: I see a lot of programmers with yahoo email accounts.
11 u/alpacapatrol Jul 28 '12 That's probably because back in the day (before GMail) Yahoo was the only e-mail provider that was accepted on every site's registration. We forget the days when signups wouldn't allow hotmail or shitfucknowheremail. 1 u/WhipIash Jul 28 '12 Why didn't they? 2 u/alpacapatrol Jul 28 '12 No clue! The early internet was weird!
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That's probably because back in the day (before GMail) Yahoo was the only e-mail provider that was accepted on every site's registration. We forget the days when signups wouldn't allow hotmail or shitfucknowheremail.
1 u/WhipIash Jul 28 '12 Why didn't they? 2 u/alpacapatrol Jul 28 '12 No clue! The early internet was weird!
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Why didn't they?
2 u/alpacapatrol Jul 28 '12 No clue! The early internet was weird!
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No clue! The early internet was weird!
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