On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 02:47:24PM -0700, Andrew Lentvorski wrote: > Todd Walton wrote: > >Jerry Yang and the board of Yahoo were willing to risk losing the deal > >and a tremendous markup on their fortunes. For what? > > You think like the "non-rich". > > It isn't about the money. It's about the power. > > The first thing Microsoft will do to Yang, et al., is apply the boot. > Where are Yang and company likely to end up even *remotely* equivalent > to his position at Yahoo--answer: nowhere.
Exactly. Yang and company could retire today, buy an island, stock it with topless women and Ferraris, and have as much money in 30 years as they do today. If all they cared about was money, they'd have cashed out years ago. Money is about the last thing they're worrying about, except as a scorecard. -- *********************************************************************** * John Oliver http://www.john-oliver.net/ * * * *********************************************************************** -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
