Comments on: Yahoo Says Terry Semel Resigns as CEO

By: Jellis629

Jellis629 — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 15:22:00 +0000

"Google is smart...."

HAHAHAHAHA

Link to the resolution rejected by Google's shareholders last month.

http://sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1288776/000119312507073756/ddef14a.htm#rom97745_48

Do your homework, "Thomas".

By: jellis629

jellis629 — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 15:40:00 +0000

Thomas Hark says: “Google is smart…”

Hilarious. You crack me up.

PC World says:
“Even outside its own activities, Google’s support for the free flow of information is not absolute. Where governments discourage the free flow of information, Google has defended its right to censor search results. Earlier this month, the company’s top executives defeated a shareholder resolution that would have required the company to stop proactively censoring search results, while permitting the company to engage in censorship when legally required to do so.”

http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,132357-c,currentevents/article.html

Also, see http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,131745-pg,1/article.html

By: Jeff

Jeff — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 04:02:00 +0000

siebbi, it’s not solely about money coming into a company that makes large companies less nimble and innovative. When companies get large, they tend to be much more in the public eye, which also makes them bigger targets for lawsuits. Then, everyone from the the PR people through the product people get much more risk averse – too much so, in my opinion, in Yahoo!’s case. Also, you have that many more levels of management to sift through to get decisions made. Combine that with a risk-averse culture, and you have a bunch of people who don’t want to put their butts on the line passing decisions through an extensive management chain with the result that it takes forever to get things done. I’ve been at Y! over 7 years and these factors are, in my opinion, the biggest negative changes in the company during my tenure.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 00:10:00 +0000

How about not having a backup plan for all your customers’ precious content cuz you needed to save a few bucks? Isn’t that evil?

By: Siebbi

Siebbi — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 15:03:00 +0000

I don’t know much about business things but I believe that if a company reaches a “critical mass” it goes down somehow. When too much money comes to business the shit begins sooner or later.

By: Dave Ward

Dave Ward — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 14:53:00 +0000

When did Yahoo! start their long tradition of buying great startup companies and then destroying them? I think it goes back to around 1997 or 1998, doesn't it? And when did Semel become CEO? he may have been part of the problem, but he's also far from the whole problem.

I think there's a bad tendency in the business world to pin all the blame on one person, sack that person, and then make no further changes but just continue as if everything is fixed now.

That's certainly not going to work for Yahoo.

By: Eric Weaver

Eric Weaver — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 14:30:00 +0000

Jerry’s a great guy with the right kind of spirit…I’m encouraged by this.h