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[coryschulz]

I very much admire Jerry Yang and everything he is doing to preserve Yahoo!'s potential. I am also glad that Google said that they would be happy to give him a place to work if he ever needed it. I think he made good decisions for Yahoo! and all these other greedy businessmen who have no morality or style are angry because they're not getting richer and fatter. Screw them. I'm proud of Jerry.

[J. Blow]

Proud of what? squandering billions of dollars of capital that could have been spent by Yahoo shareholders in their communities? Money that could have been spent on employees would would have invested the money, spent it in their communities, and on other ventures?

That's the Jerry you're proud of? No one else has done anything immoral, unethical, or illegal. All either Microsoft or Icahn are trying to do is unlock the value that's locked inside Yahoo. If that makes them greedy so be it because millions of people will benenfit for their efforts.

[Thomas, David]

You're statement implies that Jerry Yang isn't doing anything but sitting on cash, and behaving unethical. You are also saying that Microsoft , and Carl Icahn BOTH have the best interests of Yahoo in mind, and continue to imply that Jerry Yang does not.

Microsoft, from the outset wants to take a bite out Yahoo, and spit the rest back. Icahn wants to break it up and sell it for parts.

So you want to hang Yang, and Yahoo out to dry because you think they could be doing a better job?! Provide suggestions, so your comment(s) can be weighted for measure.

[btljooz]

BJ, you obviously have no idea what Carl Ichan did to TWA...you _do_ recall TWA do you not??? nuff said

[aMUSICsite]

The website is clever enough to show the salaries in GBP over here in the UK.

But if you try to enter your information into the 'My Job Location' box it only takes US locations, but does not say this anywhere, you have to work it out for yourself.

Oh... These guys used to work for MS. Nuff said

[guffermcgee]

J. Blow-
Yahoo hasn't squandered anything. I assume the money you are alluding to was the buyout cash from the nixed Microsoft deal. While that money that could have been spent by investors on their community (like that was likely to happen anyway...more likely the investors would have spent it on their yacht) or on "other ventures," Yang et al. decided to forgo the cash because they felt it undervalued the value in Yahoo. Microsoft and Icahn want to unlock the value in Yahoo because they want that value for themselves. That is greedy. Yahoo and Yang said that they are going to have to pay more because they are undervaluing Yahoo. There is nothing illegal, unethical or immoral about that.

Also, judging from the lifestyles of investors, I would have to doubt that Icahn's bid would benefit millions of people; instead, it would benefit investors, and their Mercedes dealer, and their country club...

[marc_90292]

JBlow: get a hold of yourself. Billions of dollars squandered? Icahn the white knight? What planet are you on?
Icahn has nothing else in mind than to make as much money as he can, come HELL or high water. He doesn't give a hoot about Yahoo and will run it into the ground as he did with TWA.

[btljooz]

EXACTLY!!!!!!!!!

[Dalkorian]

Bingo! Icahnt has a plan for Yahoo that he's clearly laid out for all to see and that plan is to sell to M$ and cash out. M$ is well known for protecting it's competition, especially after buying them out - NOT! M$ understands the search business and will help rescue Yahoo against the megalith Google - NOT! Basically, icahnt laughs to the bank and we're left with a monopoly (Ask doesn't count because under this scenario it would likely fold faster than Superman on laundry day, or possibly be the next M$ acquisition). I like Google and all, but monopolies are NEVER good for the consumer.

[gpenglase]

I agree Dalkorian.

Monopolies are never a good thing, no matter how benevolent a company seems initially. Competition keeps power distributed and people honest. I would dearly love to see Yahoo continue to grow, even if it's alongside Google, because their very presence will act as a check.

[gpenglase]

I think you're forgetting that of all the people that would financially benefit from a higher price offered by Microsoft, Jerry Yang would be the first. So my guess is that he sees that this offer is not best for ALL the stakeholders of the company, employees included. I tend to agree with him - yahoo has a chance of remaining a strong second place if they continue focusing on what they are good at and working WITH google in search, not against them. The industry is getting bigger and bigger and as they ride on the Google coattails in search they can leverage that in to the other areas that they do well.

However if Microsoft takes them over [using the poor job that MS has done at making inroads into this market - it speaks volumes that even given their monopoly of the desktop and ubiquity within the PC industry they have largely failed at search] it would mean the deathknell of Yahoo over time, and many people would both initially and ultimately lose their jobs.

Personally, I was hoping that Jerry sold, because the cost of buyout and the lack of return on investment and the masive energy it would have taken MS would have sped up the process of the downward slope that MS is on. And no MS in the PC industry is a good thing for competition and fairness IMO. But like Jerry, I don't want o sacrifice Yahoo to achieve that.

[benjaminstraight]

Cool site.