Why Yahoo Turned Microsoft Down 161
quarterbuck writes "The NYTimes has up a great blog post that explains a bit of the backstory behind the Yahoo-Microsoft No-deal. While Jerry Yang did not want to sell the company, it is not likely that he could have said No to Microsoft, and explained it to shareholders, without the help of Google. The article gives reasons behind Google's tossing a lifeline to its biggest competitor, and the 'coop-etition' that has been going on between the two companies, which both emerged out of Stanford University."
Jerry has an irrational fear (Score:5, Funny)
Google and Yahoo should team up (Score:5, Funny)
Re:good luck yang (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Google and Yahoo should team up (Score:5, Funny)
You can destroy the Emperor. He has foreseen this. It is your destiny. Join me, and together we can rule the galaxy as father and son. Come with me. It is the only way.
-l
It's a Stanford conspiracy! (Score:3, Funny)
That's why he orchestrated the Hoover presidency and built the linear accelerator facility, which looks like the all-seeing eye when seen from the air. Google is really just a corporate front for the Stanford band, whose shadowy aim is to take over the world from their trailer, where Leland Stanford is kept cryogenically frozen!
The world, I say!
Jerry's statement (Score:3, Funny)
Re:It's a Stanford conspiracy! (Score:3, Funny)
* for those who didn't get the joke, sun microsystems took it's name from the acronym Stanford University Network.
Re:Jerry has an irrational fear (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Time will tell... (Score:2, Funny)