Well Yahoo’s share price has already dropped because of Balmer’s recent announcement.

Like a lot of people, he couldn’t bare to see his creation (along with Filio) destroyed by the blob that is Microsoft.

Sadly, it may be too late because it seems that there are a lot of “serious” people over at Yahoo! itching to make any kind of deal. I don’t think that the people over there really care about bringing in a new CEO, they just want to sell. Jerry Yang needs to know that he has a lot of people rooting for him, especially technoGeeks who care more about ‘the tech’ than business.

Ballmer already said he’s not interested (causing Yahoo’s stock price to fall). If true, this may be the best thing to happen to Yahoo! It may be enough to get Yahoo! moving forward again – which I really think they can do.

I did a quick search and it looks like Yahoo, though having some financial troubles, isn’t a company that’s sinking. They’re still making money:
http://news.ebrandz.com/yahoo/2008/2211-yahoo-profit-falls-plans-to-slash-10-of-jobs-.html

Note: Yahoo isn’t the only company making cuts (eBay and even Google have made some adjustments according to the article).

Sorry for the long reply but the most important point is how ‘cloud’ computing is going to effect the game. MS is still playing catch-up, like always. Yahoo, like Google, are entrenched. Yahoo needs to start thinking how the landscape is going to change in the next few years (netbooks, MIDs, offline storage, smarterPhones, Browser tech (miniBrowsertech), etc..).

It’s almost like Yahoo has been preparing for the ‘cloud’ their entire existence and when it’s about to appear, they give it to someone else…

Well I certainly agree and I totally get your point now Yahoo doesn’t have any “high hopes” anymore, they are acting that they have live under someone’s mercy. But a Giant organization like Yahoo shouldn’t act like a child at this stage…

Ok lets say…MSFT refuses to take Yahoo then what should yahoo do? Can they start again and take their company in the similar level like their competitors? (in terms of Growth, Profitability & every other aspect).

Most importantly….Should the current CEO (Jerry Yang) Step down? It has often been told that Google’s success depends a lot on how they do think and do business and their current CEO is certainly a key here.

Instead of paying jerry $1, isn’t it better to give the job to someone who can take this more seriously and perhaps draw a bigger pay cheque for himself?

I agree but that wasn’t the point of my post:-) Sometimes a company kinda’ gives up. It’s like a homeowner getting ready to sell their home. They fix up some of the obvious problems, add a porch, new paint job, etc.. The minor fixes raise the value of the property substantially. The only one who should be interested is the person buying the home (and the seller). What does this do for you?

Yahoo! has lost the ‘eye of the tiger’ because nearly everyone making decisions there are speaking behind a full set of dentures and hoarding all the cash they can because they think they can take it with them when they die.

This is old-school thinking…

In contrast, you take a look at sites like Google, Digg and others…
http://wisdump.com/web/top-10-web-20-winners/

These guys haven’t given up and are trying to make money via various sources – taking a look at demographics, creating, adjusting, planning for the long-term. You’ll note that Yahoo! is on this list, MS is not.

Yahoo! is too important to the internet to be swallowed up by a word-processing company featuring 10,000 fonts.

Yeah I dont like the idea of MS eating up Yahoo either. But everything is now pointing towards that direction…

Icahn, corporate raider has forced himself (along with two cronies) unto Yahoo’s board. This slime bought short (50 million shares last I checked) and has been looking to rake in another pile of cash. That’s his only interest. The pressure he’s applying is enormous.

As a web-based company, Yahoo still makes MS look like amateurs. While Google (and MS) have been pushing to get into other devices and growing (or trying to grow) into other areas, Yahoo has been standing pat because of this get-rich quick mindset.

Now Jerry Yang sounds like he’s trying to accommodate a bunch of old crow$ and make the wrong people happy (and avoid the kind of legal fights Icahn threatened). This is what all this “culture” talk is about.

This kind of thinking has been going on for over a year. I wish Yahoo the best and hope that the culture within Yahoo changes once again to what brought them here in the first place.

MS buying Yahoo would be like turning green pastures into swamp water.

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