Yahoo’s Mess Brings Back Memories
From Fake Jerry Yang comes an open letter to Joe Nocera, a writer for the New York Times, who wrote his own open letter to Jerry Yang (Re: Shafting Yahoo’s Shareholders), regarding Yahoo’s deal with Google. Mr. Nocera’s premise:
Besides, even if the deal does win federal approval, you’ve chosen to become a pawn of the most dominant company on the Internet. How exactly is that going to lead to a brighter future for Yahoo?
Which brings back memories of events that took place nearly 10 years ago:
Lots of boos at that conference, and yet, Apple hasn’t done too bad for itself. More than the money, it was the ability to not focus on Microsoft for a while (at least, not openly). Google needs Yahoo to stay alive (and separate from Microsoft) as much as Microsoft needed Apple to stay. I am not familiar with Mr. Nocera’s credentials, but I’m happy to watch Fake Jerry Yang hold his turf:
(c) blow me, you turd in a suit. Have you started a company? Have you ever done anything other than sit in New York write articles? Walk a mile in my moccasins, and then let’s talk.
Yes, but isn’t the Yahoo-Google deal like Apple saying in 1997 ‘…we’ve partnered with Microsoft, and every new Macintosh will now ship with Windows 98′? Baring in mind that a key part of Apple’s resurgence was the transition to Mac OS X.
Dan Lyons tends to have a pretty great track record on these things – his commentary is not only hilarious, but incredibly accurate – so who knows, Yang may have made a clever move (although I don’t think so). Either way, I doubt he’ll be around to reap the benefits if there are any. His days must surely be numbered.