Yahoo Cofounder Jerry Yang "Has Re-assumed Command" en-us Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500 Fri, 26 Dec 2014 21:32:49 -0500 Nicholas Carlson pushbuttonchimp Fri, 30 Sep 2011 03:19:49 -0400 I hope this reply doesn't come too late and you miss it. A big part of myself wants to forget it, move on, it's like having a family member dying of self-inflicted knife cuts and there's not a damn thing you can do about it. We're all just waiting for the last cut so we can all move on. Xhoo Thu, 29 Sep 2011 17:15:02 -0400 No one who worked at Yahoo during the time that Yang was CEO would see this as a good development. Jerry doesn't communicate well, he doesn't lead well, he has no vision and no ideas. He's the main reason the Microsoft deal collapsed. This is his baby and he won't give it up. And no one will kick him off the board. podboy Thu, 29 Sep 2011 11:49:58 -0400 Yahoo was always too early to the game. I remember sitting through an all hands when Terry was the CEO, and revenue diversification was an entire 10 minute portion of the presentation. Remember Yahoo music? It was 6.99 a month, an awesome deal and excellent piece of software - it was essentially Spotify without the iPhone app. But like Geocities,, etc etc etc - just too early to matter. Sad really - it really was a proud and innovative company once, and it's finally imploded on the indecision, politics, and bureaucracy... pushbuttonchimp Thu, 29 Sep 2011 03:34:51 -0400 It's all free money from advertising, and free apps for users, give it all away for free, advertising is paying for it. Guess what will happen when the free money from advertising runs dry. You over-educated, over-compensated dorks in Sunnyvale have NOTHING ELSE TO MAKE MONEY WITH. Once search marketing and display shrivel up and whither away you will be out on the street. The cost to run all those data centers will consume what little money will be left, and even all the jackasses in Bangalore cannot be help enough when the time comes after all the people in the US jump ship. Last one out turn out the lights. Yahoo should have been making money off of something else besides search marketing and display ads 10 years ago. The supremes in sunnyvale should have thought about how the web was changing and should have done something about selling something else, and thinking like business people, not like a clubhouse. You don't need an MBA or PhD to figure that out, it's not rocket science. Instead sunnyvale took the free money from advertising, gave away the store on apps and email and everything in between. In the meantime the infrastructure and technology has fallen behind, nothing innovative, nothing that can't be done better elsewhere. Assets? Not much but a lot of hot air. It's called arrogance. Every single tech company that failed had all the signs of arrogance and thought they were invincible. Jerry Yang Thu, 29 Sep 2011 01:00:30 -0400 @ Frank, if you compare the offer I turned down from Microsoft (i.e. $45B) and Yahoo's current value (i.e. $25B), I lost shareholders $20B. That $70M is nothing compared to what I did before Carol was hired. Fred Schalker Thu, 29 Sep 2011 00:23:39 -0400 For all the people complaining about Jerry, let me ask a question. Carol was paid what - roughly 70 million total. We know that Jerry is working pretty much for free. So did Carol do so much better that it was worth the extra 70 million? Do you really think AOL Tim, or any of the other contenders will justify whatever obscene compensation they get paid? Its pretty obvious that Jerry really wants Yahoo to succeed, else he would have left instead of taking all the abuse that you guys heaped on him. So yeah, like Crash Override above says - Go Jerry!! Crash Override Wed, 28 Sep 2011 21:43:31 -0400 Personally I think it's exciting to see if Jerry can turn things around....give him a chance, maybe he'll fix all the problems he created. I know one thing for sure, it's still a blast to work at Yahoo, just wish we could find some leadership to fix the "real" problems. With that much traffic, I just don't understand why some brainiac hasn't come up with a solid solution. GO JERRY!!!!!!! pushbuttonchimp Wed, 28 Sep 2011 21:29:21 -0400 Jerry, I had to quit working for you in the same manner that family has to quit associating with an alcoholic, you need an intervention. Unfortunately, it's not only you but all that amazing brain power in charge at Yahoo. Amazing, talented brainpower with MBAs, PhDs, JDs, all that amazing talent, and yet, nobody knows what to do. Now the market will decide for you, no matter what you think, what you do, and what you say. Netspirit Wed, 28 Sep 2011 21:10:01 -0400 "Assuming direct control" Neek Wed, 28 Sep 2011 16:09:36 -0400 What did you expect? Yahoo! will always continue its stupid streak while Yang is around, so what else could you expect but Yang reinstating himself for yet another go.