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	<title>Comments on: Ex-Yahoos Weigh In on Their Choices for New Yahoo CEO</title>
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		<title>By: erdem ela</title>
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		<dc:creator>erdem ela</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Apr 2009 05:42:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>It was delightful to see Bill and Steve sharing a stage and reminiscing about their stuff, but I was surprised that Bill (gadgets) and Steve (widgets) didn’t settle the debate about the original inventor of the widget.

One can never have too many widgets. Somebody codes something you never even dreamed of wanting - suddenly everybody

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&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.garibim.net&quot; title=&quot;şiir türleri, anlatım türleri&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;şiir türleri&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.turkscafe.com&quot; title=&quot;çet, cet, çet odaları&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;çet&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.turkscafe.com&quot; title=&quot;chat, chat odaları&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;chat&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.turkscafe.com&quot; title=&quot;sohbet, sohbet odaları&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;sohbet&lt;/a&gt; needs a whole bunch of widgets because they don’t impinge too much on the screen/template real estate.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It was delightful to see Bill and Steve sharing a stage and reminiscing about their stuff, but I was surprised that Bill (gadgets) and Steve (widgets) didn’t settle the debate about the original inventor of the widget.</p>
<p>One can never have too many widgets. Somebody codes something you never even dreamed of wanting &#8211; suddenly everybody</p>
<p><a href="http://www.videodukkani.net" title="ligtv, lig tv izle" rel="nofollow">lig tv izle</a><br />
<a href="http://www.videodukkani.net" title="bedava ligtv, canlı ligtv izle" rel="nofollow">bedava ligtv izle</a><br />
<a href="http://www.garibim.net" title="garibim, garip" rel="nofollow">garibim</a><br />
<a href="http://www.garibim.net" title="deyimler, 9.sınıf edebiyat" rel="nofollow">deyimler</a><br />
<a href="http://www.garibim.net" title="şiir türleri, anlatım türleri" rel="nofollow">şiir türleri</a><a href="http://www.turkscafe.com" title="çet, cet, çet odaları" rel="nofollow">çet</a><a href="http://www.turkscafe.com" title="chat, chat odaları" rel="nofollow">chat</a><a href="http://www.turkscafe.com" title="sohbet, sohbet odaları" rel="nofollow">sohbet</a> needs a whole bunch of widgets because they don’t impinge too much on the screen/template real estate.</p>
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		<title>By: Michael Murdock</title>
		<link>http://kara.allthingsd.com/20081213/ex-yahoos-weigh-in-on-their-choices-for-new-yahoo-ceo/#comment-6917</link>
		<dc:creator>Michael Murdock</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2008 03:30:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Nope. It&#039;s now a full fledged soap opera. I hear that Sarin said &quot;NO&quot;. At least that&#039;s what everyone else out there is reporting.

http://is.gd/bTr1 and see for yourself.

WOW. Now, if they could just get that &quot;it&#039;s now $2 Million&quot; together on paper in contract form and FED-EX it to me, we can be working on things at Christmas time when I am in California.

Pass it on!

Mike</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Nope. It&#8217;s now a full fledged soap opera. I hear that Sarin said &#8220;NO&#8221;. At least that&#8217;s what everyone else out there is reporting.</p>
<p><a href="http://is.gd/bTr1" rel="nofollow">http://is.gd/bTr1</a> and see for yourself.</p>
<p>WOW. Now, if they could just get that &#8220;it&#8217;s now $2 Million&#8221; together on paper in contract form and FED-EX it to me, we can be working on things at Christmas time when I am in California.</p>
<p>Pass it on!</p>
<p>Mike</p>
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		<title>By: Kara Swisher</title>
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		<dc:creator>Kara Swisher</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Dec 2008 10:05:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>S:

I did not draw up the list. These were what ex-Yahoos offered when I asked.</description>
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<p>I did not draw up the list. These were what ex-Yahoos offered when I asked.</p>
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		<title>By: Kara Swisher</title>
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		<dc:creator>Kara Swisher</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Dec 2008 10:04:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>S:

Very funny. But it is a telenovela, not a soap opera.</description>
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<p>Very funny. But it is a telenovela, not a soap opera.</p>
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		<title>By: Michael Murdock</title>
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		<dc:creator>Michael Murdock</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Dec 2008 03:08:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>There are many people who could run Yahoo. The entire management structure would have to be redone. The problem is finding someone who will come in and do it for a reasonable price. And finding someone who wants the job, has the passion, and no ego to burst in the process. Oh! and most importantly who will leave their golden parachute at the door!

CEOs don&#039;t need to be pain 10 or 20 million to come in and tank a company. Look at GM, FORD and Chrysler as examples of what NOT to pay a CEO.

If they won&#039;t do the job for $1.5 million* (yes that&#039;s NOT a typo), then call me. Because I will, and I&#039;ll increase the value of the company so substantially that it will be worth more than double what it is now within a year.

Too bad nobody at Yahoo has the balls to make that offer. My pen is ready, so is my plan and so are my team.

* the $1.5 Million is My compensation. My team will be allocated resources during the process and paid from salaries at the company that are reduced to be more shall we say egalatarian in nature, starting with those of every SVP in the company.

The failure of a company is not just the fault of the CEO, The Management Team and the Board, it&#039;s also distributed down the ranks.

And if they do make the offer prior to the expiration of the opportunity at Midnight (AZ TIME) of 12/31/2008, be prepared for a major layoff, restructuring of the entire business and an accelerated schedule toward immediate profits and repositioning in the marketplace.

Kara, when you&#039;re ready to talk seriously about this, I am ready to answer all of your questions about it. This is not a joking matter to me. It&#039;s sad that it appears to be, to members of the media.
 
Michael Murdock, CEO
www.docmurdock.com/yahoo.htm</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There are many people who could run Yahoo. The entire management structure would have to be redone. The problem is finding someone who will come in and do it for a reasonable price. And finding someone who wants the job, has the passion, and no ego to burst in the process. Oh! and most importantly who will leave their golden parachute at the door!</p>
<p>CEOs don&#8217;t need to be pain 10 or 20 million to come in and tank a company. Look at GM, FORD and Chrysler as examples of what NOT to pay a CEO.</p>
<p>If they won&#8217;t do the job for $1.5 million* (yes that&#8217;s NOT a typo), then call me. Because I will, and I&#8217;ll increase the value of the company so substantially that it will be worth more than double what it is now within a year.</p>
<p>Too bad nobody at Yahoo has the balls to make that offer. My pen is ready, so is my plan and so are my team.</p>
<p>* the $1.5 Million is My compensation. My team will be allocated resources during the process and paid from salaries at the company that are reduced to be more shall we say egalatarian in nature, starting with those of every SVP in the company.</p>
<p>The failure of a company is not just the fault of the CEO, The Management Team and the Board, it&#8217;s also distributed down the ranks.</p>
<p>And if they do make the offer prior to the expiration of the opportunity at Midnight (AZ TIME) of 12/31/2008, be prepared for a major layoff, restructuring of the entire business and an accelerated schedule toward immediate profits and repositioning in the marketplace.</p>
<p>Kara, when you&#8217;re ready to talk seriously about this, I am ready to answer all of your questions about it. This is not a joking matter to me. It&#8217;s sad that it appears to be, to members of the media.</p>
<p>Michael Murdock, CEO<br />
<a href="http://www.docmurdock.com/yahoo.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.docmurdock.com/yahoo.htm</a></p>
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		<title>By: Sam Harrison</title>
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		<dc:creator>Sam Harrison</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Dec 2008 01:23:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>the obvious choice is kara swisher, she is an expert on yahoo after playing it like a soap opera these past few months.</description>
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		<title>By: Sam Harrison</title>
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		<dc:creator>Sam Harrison</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Dec 2008 01:05:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>yahoo has a great asset and it&#039;s going to take a fresh name/face to take it into profitable ventures

the list of tired execs you have mentioned are not going to do yahoo any good, they are the same old boring corporate execs that got yahoo into this mess in the first place

jerry should acquire facebook and let zuckerberg try the ceo role out</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>yahoo has a great asset and it&#8217;s going to take a fresh name/face to take it into profitable ventures</p>
<p>the list of tired execs you have mentioned are not going to do yahoo any good, they are the same old boring corporate execs that got yahoo into this mess in the first place</p>
<p>jerry should acquire facebook and let zuckerberg try the ceo role out</p>
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		<title>By: william olic</title>
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		<dc:creator>william olic</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Dec 2008 01:10:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>To the Yahooligan in your article who stated, &quot;there&#039;s been a definite void since Dan Rosenweig left&quot;  - you are a complete fool. 
What did he do for the company all the year he was there, but take huge stock option gains on a nearly weekly basis, in millions upon millions of dollars.

These Yahoo ex-employees/groupies are a pathetic bunch to suggest having more of the same &quot;good old boys club&quot; that has done NOTHING, I repeat, NOTHING, for ths company other than to use it to their advantage and run it into the ground with their lack of competence or concern.

To suggest Sue Decker is probably the most laughable, yet dangerous, suggestion.  She should have been booted out on her fanny long ago.

But it&#039;s the Yang-Filo-Decker fan club, aka a bunch of fools.

This company lost me 2/3 thirds of my investment through their incompetence, boundless arrogance, and complete disregard for the shareholders.

What has Icahn done?  How similar to Motorola Yahoo&#039;s share price appears now.  He is probably just a pawn in Yang&#039;s pocket.  Possibly some under the table deals to compensate Carl for his investment losses in Yahoo?

I&#039;ve never seen a more poisonous company.  What a constipated bunch of arrogant miscreants.

Ballmer has probably thanked his lucky stars that he never wasted those billions on this company, though, for my and other shareholders sakes, I wish he had.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>To the Yahooligan in your article who stated, &#8220;there&#8217;s been a definite void since Dan Rosenweig left&#8221;  &#8211; you are a complete fool.<br />
What did he do for the company all the year he was there, but take huge stock option gains on a nearly weekly basis, in millions upon millions of dollars.</p>
<p>These Yahoo ex-employees/groupies are a pathetic bunch to suggest having more of the same &#8220;good old boys club&#8221; that has done NOTHING, I repeat, NOTHING, for ths company other than to use it to their advantage and run it into the ground with their lack of competence or concern.</p>
<p>To suggest Sue Decker is probably the most laughable, yet dangerous, suggestion.  She should have been booted out on her fanny long ago.</p>
<p>But it&#8217;s the Yang-Filo-Decker fan club, aka a bunch of fools.</p>
<p>This company lost me 2/3 thirds of my investment through their incompetence, boundless arrogance, and complete disregard for the shareholders.</p>
<p>What has Icahn done?  How similar to Motorola Yahoo&#8217;s share price appears now.  He is probably just a pawn in Yang&#8217;s pocket.  Possibly some under the table deals to compensate Carl for his investment losses in Yahoo?</p>
<p>I&#8217;ve never seen a more poisonous company.  What a constipated bunch of arrogant miscreants.</p>
<p>Ballmer has probably thanked his lucky stars that he never wasted those billions on this company, though, for my and other shareholders sakes, I wish he had.</p>
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		<title>By: Mac Beach</title>
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		<dc:creator>Mac Beach</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Dec 2008 00:19:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>As I&#039;ve often predicted, Yahoo and others (AOL, Facebook and Microsoft predominantly) are developing hernias trying to keep up with Google.

AOL is discontinuing XDrive (a free 5 Gig storage area) and as I had created an account there for testing I decided to now test the process for offloading your data.  It doesn&#039;t work.  At all.  Further investigation showed that there are forums filled with pleas for help from users of this &quot;product&quot; going back more than a year.  OK, little known product anyway, who cares eh?

So, while I was at it, I decided to check on my 5 gig (now 25) area on Microsoft live.  While they haven&#039;t outright lost my data, the tools for unloading or even checking on it only work intermittently, time-outs, data errors, files said to have been downloaded (as JPEGs in my case) only to find the files are actually snippets of HTML (great security!).  I was able to request that entire folders be downloaded as zip files, and this worked.

Finally, long ago I had &quot;deposited&quot; some photo laden e-mail messages to my Yahoo e-mail address just to try out the &quot;unlimited&quot; capacity of their latest effort.  Not surprisingly (at this point) the oldest of these messages were &quot;unreachable&quot; leading me to wonder if Yahoo hasn&#039;t broadcast them out into the interstellar depths for safekeeping.

All of these products are offered as free (with some restrictions) or as paid services with the restrictions at least partially lifted (I&#039;ve read that Yahoo&#039;s POP service doesn&#039;t even work well if you pay for it; paying XDrive users were treated no better than the free accounts from what I could see).

So my point is that many of these new web services have turned out to be as much houses of cards as have some of Wall Street&#039;s accounting practices.

As in that case, I&#039;m against a bail-out.  For providing services that bear little resemblance to the hype, companies should expect only one outcome, and Yahoo is the first of many to realize this outcome.

If they survive, I would definitely prescribe that they attempt no further heavy lifting.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>As I&#8217;ve often predicted, Yahoo and others (AOL, Facebook and Microsoft predominantly) are developing hernias trying to keep up with Google.</p>
<p>AOL is discontinuing XDrive (a free 5 Gig storage area) and as I had created an account there for testing I decided to now test the process for offloading your data.  It doesn&#8217;t work.  At all.  Further investigation showed that there are forums filled with pleas for help from users of this &#8220;product&#8221; going back more than a year.  OK, little known product anyway, who cares eh?</p>
<p>So, while I was at it, I decided to check on my 5 gig (now 25) area on Microsoft live.  While they haven&#8217;t outright lost my data, the tools for unloading or even checking on it only work intermittently, time-outs, data errors, files said to have been downloaded (as JPEGs in my case) only to find the files are actually snippets of HTML (great security!).  I was able to request that entire folders be downloaded as zip files, and this worked.</p>
<p>Finally, long ago I had &#8220;deposited&#8221; some photo laden e-mail messages to my Yahoo e-mail address just to try out the &#8220;unlimited&#8221; capacity of their latest effort.  Not surprisingly (at this point) the oldest of these messages were &#8220;unreachable&#8221; leading me to wonder if Yahoo hasn&#8217;t broadcast them out into the interstellar depths for safekeeping.</p>
<p>All of these products are offered as free (with some restrictions) or as paid services with the restrictions at least partially lifted (I&#8217;ve read that Yahoo&#8217;s POP service doesn&#8217;t even work well if you pay for it; paying XDrive users were treated no better than the free accounts from what I could see).</p>
<p>So my point is that many of these new web services have turned out to be as much houses of cards as have some of Wall Street&#8217;s accounting practices.</p>
<p>As in that case, I&#8217;m against a bail-out.  For providing services that bear little resemblance to the hype, companies should expect only one outcome, and Yahoo is the first of many to realize this outcome.</p>
<p>If they survive, I would definitely prescribe that they attempt no further heavy lifting.</p>
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		<title>By: John Tillman</title>
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		<dc:creator>John Tillman</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Dec 2008 19:50:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I think it is ridiculous to suggest that selling the search business is a good idea. Why would you want to sell something that makes you money? Unlike Microsoft which is burning cash in its online endeavors; Yahoo still makes significant money in search business. Getting out of the search business will only make it more irrelevant for advertisers. Display market is expected to slow significantly and without the leverage from Search it would be a disaster in waiting.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I think it is ridiculous to suggest that selling the search business is a good idea. Why would you want to sell something that makes you money? Unlike Microsoft which is burning cash in its online endeavors; Yahoo still makes significant money in search business. Getting out of the search business will only make it more irrelevant for advertisers. Display market is expected to slow significantly and without the leverage from Search it would be a disaster in waiting.</p>
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		<title>By: joe belkin</title>
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		<dc:creator>joe belkin</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Dec 2008 18:55:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hate to break it to Yahooligans but Apple doesn&#039;t need Yahoo ... yes, Yahoo has great assets but that&#039;s like saying Paramount has great assets but as a fit into Apple - pointless. Apple already has a portal called iTunes - why would you try and scatter your audience? THe rest of the stuff Apple can already recreate in a few days - TV Guide? Yahoo Answers? Other than the brand name of FLIKR, that technology anyone can recreate ... MS wants to buy yahoo to essentially shut it down as a competitor ... that&#039;s its own real value right now - but for others that you mentioned, there are possibilities but Apple? No. Because 95% of Yahoo&#039;s technology, Apple has or can replicate easily. Other than a few brand names like FLIKR - Yahoo has virtually no value to Apple since it&#039;s not an Apple brand and offering free photo hosting is not really in Apple&#039;s interest anyway ...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hate to break it to Yahooligans but Apple doesn&#8217;t need Yahoo &#8230; yes, Yahoo has great assets but that&#8217;s like saying Paramount has great assets but as a fit into Apple &#8211; pointless. Apple already has a portal called iTunes &#8211; why would you try and scatter your audience? THe rest of the stuff Apple can already recreate in a few days &#8211; TV Guide? Yahoo Answers? Other than the brand name of FLIKR, that technology anyone can recreate &#8230; MS wants to buy yahoo to essentially shut it down as a competitor &#8230; that&#8217;s its own real value right now &#8211; but for others that you mentioned, there are possibilities but Apple? No. Because 95% of Yahoo&#8217;s technology, Apple has or can replicate easily. Other than a few brand names like FLIKR &#8211; Yahoo has virtually no value to Apple since it&#8217;s not an Apple brand and offering free photo hosting is not really in Apple&#8217;s interest anyway &#8230;</p>
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