Comments on: Icahn Won’t Add Value To Yahoo

By: Ronald

Ronald — Mon, 25 May 2009 18:27:31 +0000

Yes I would miss Yahoo. Microsoft has Hotmail which isn’t great when compared to Yahoo whereas Google would I believe sink Yahoo rather than JV the marketplace. Carl Icahn’s adventures are sometimes great others certainly not so- He is singularly responsible for the demise ( and rape) of TWA which I regrettfully observed firsthand at he time. He is a big boy in town but no unbeatable – Witness his defeat with the jowst at TimeWarner (albeit HE made money at Time Warner’s expense). Lets keep Yahoo independant which is better for the market place.

By: Ross Yingling

Ross Yingling — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:58:23 +0000

Hey Tim!!

It’s the all too familiar struggle of creative minds like Bostock & Yang (Jobs @ Apple – the 1st time) being pushed to create wealth for investors as opposed to the very thing that got them where they are now.

I’d hate to see the original spirit of Yahoo lost for the sake of forced wealth creation. However, as a public company the Executives have a fundamental responsibility to create wealth for the investors.

Competition breeds innovation from creative minds. Google needs competition now – from creative minds – or we all lose.

Ross

By: Will Buckley

Will Buckley — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 21:36:30 +0000

I for one would be sad if yahoo went away as we see it. I think that those companies are getting too big.

For example, Google’s monopoly and unforgiving way of dealing with adsense accounts is awful. Imagine if they get that much more?

Hopefully, neither would just absorb Yahoo. Only time will tell.

By: Dr Alison Grimston

Dr Alison Grimston — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 09:35:56 +0000

Hi Tim,

Thanks for keeping us abreast of the news – while I tend to favour Google for my web-based Email, Google groups & search engine, I think it is a good thing to have competition in this market place as any other, is it not? The question is whether Yahoo would be just absorbed by Google, or work together in some JV. Evidently the board feels that it is better for Yahoo to go with Google than Microsoft…

KR
Alison