Yahoos current official comment, of course, isnt very informative:

Yahoo has a rich history of supporting open standards, such as OpenID and Apache Hadoop, as we believe industry collaboration is beneficial to the developer community and the Web as a whole. While we are evaluating OpenSocial as an emerging standard, we do not comment on speculation or rumors.

The New York Times, however, says otherwise. An article yesterday states that Yahoo intends to join OpenSocial. Interestingly, the Times says that this isnt an act of defeat for Yahoo, as most of us would assume when Yahoo signs on to a Google effort five months later.

Instead, Yahoos participation would be a boost for OpenSocial by adding the largest user base to date. Thats right, more than MySpaces 100+ million"Yahoos Wikipedia article (citing Alexa stats; and hows that for reliable data?) says they have 130 million unique users each month.

Maybe todays the day to buy a lottery ticket if Yahoo following in Googles footsteps is a good sign for Googles project .

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