** Reply to message from John Oliver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Fri, 16 May 2008 09:04:49 -0700
> Yang and company could retire today..... IMO, if the Yang-gang can't fight of this takeover and remain mostly intact( yahoo, not the Yang-gang ), that would be the best for the market. But if they can't and the end result is Microsoft takes over Yahoo, then I hope they, the Yang-gang, fight it so intensely that what Microsoft gets is a shell of what Yahoo is today. Because if Microsoft takes over a healthy Yahoo, they will find ways to move Yahoo users, advertisers, and developers in the Windows-only fold of MSN.com. But if Yahoo fights and wears itself down, anyone jumping off the ship is far less likely to be jumping on the ship which is attacking them( Microsoft via Icahn ). They'll probably jump to Google and strengthen their position in the market. So whatever The Yang-Gangs motives are, the result will depend on the intensity of their beliefs. Doug -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
