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Jerry Yang no Longer Yahoo! CEO

Started by GeekLad · 7 months ago

I’m certain that Jerry Yang had long ago realized that he really fucked up the acquisition by Microsoft.  Just a couple of weeks ago at the Web 2.0 summit, Yang said that it would still be in Microsoft’s best interest to acqui ... Continue reading »

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  • Doc

    7 months ago

    Money isn't the most important thing in the world. Why does Microsoft need to add Yahoo! to its stable when it already has MSN Search? This would just remove an important web site from the search-engine competition, not give *us* consumers any added value.
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  • GeekLad

    7 months ago

    I respectfully disagree. Money is the most important thing in the world for shareholders. Shareholders invest their money to see their investment grow, not to see it tank over 60%. I think that combining MSN and Yahoo! search would have fostered competition more than it would have stifled it. Yahoo! is a distant second to Google and combining MSN and Yahoo! would have helped to close the gap.
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