Doug LaRue wrote:
** Reply to message from Andrew Lentvorski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Thu, 15 May
2008 14:47:24 -0700
The only people the deal really wasn't good for were the people running
Yahoo.
You forgot the people working for Yahoo.
No, I didn't. Given that Yahoo is likely to start wielding the axe to
respond to Wall Street, and a bunch of people probably have underwater
options and/or stock, the Microsoft buyout would be a good deal for
them, too. Their stock goes liquid and they can hide inside the
Microsoft bureaucracy for a while to avoid layoffs.
Sure, a bunch of B-List bloggers got their knickers in a twist.
However, they don't really represent the common Yahoo employee anymore.
Yahoo is a Big Company(tm), not a startup anymore.
And let's not forget Microsoft's shareholders.
Agreed. The Microsoft shareholders basically get screwed.
-a
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