I wanted to pass along an interesting article I came across, from Frank Hilario, entitled "Yahoo Bites Microsoft, Or, The Secret of Google".

 

I am a firm believer in not believing everything I read, and also, expecting the unexpected.

(How to expect what you don't know about is all about risk mitigation baby.. your best defense is an impeccable offense.)

 

My take is, and I will quote a COO I recently ran into at a company 'Town Hall' meeting.. "Speculation is just that.. speculation!".  Bravo. Well said.  Maybe Yes, Maybe No (or as Russian's would say, "Maybe Yes, Maybe Snow...")

 

I for one have to say this: "I'm not going down like that!"  and I'm pretty sure none of my colleagues are either. Frank's analogy for Willliam to align only with Bill is one the money.  There is a limit to coopetition and you never know.. maybe Yahoo would be strategic. Maybe not.  It depends on the allocentrism and direction.  I think nobody is clear of the direction yet at any of these companies...  How could you be in an evolving, ever-dynamic landscape we call the Net?? For certain, we employ some of the smartest talent in the world. We have some of the greatest products in the world running on over a billion (did you count that?) desktops every day.  And a legacy that goes with it. And have we mentioned customer service? Relationships? Tools? Frameworks?  Let's not lose track of the scope.. even internationally.  (BTW, have you seen the recent IE/Firefox numbers?? )

 

Anyhow, back to work...