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Rather than the inevitable bashing of Marissa that will undoubtedly unfurl on this thread, I'd like to put in a little reminder that we usually celebrate taking on big projects and big risks and that we should commend her for taking on the immense challenge of steadying the Yahoo ship. Yes, she wasn't able to keep the ship from sinking. But I do think she put in a good-faith effort.
Rather than the inevitable bashing of Marissa that will undoubtedly unfurl on this thread, I'd like to put in a little reminder that we usually celebrate taking on big projects and big risks and that we should commend her for taking on the immense challenge of steadying the Yahoo ship. Yes, she wasn't able to keep the ship from sinking. But I do think she put in a good-faith effort.
She was very well compensated for her time sinking Yahoo. I think this kind of tone policing is unhealthy.
Was Marissa Mayer expected to stay with the investment company, move over to Verizon with the Yahoo property, or leave entirely?
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"At this point, is it even feasible for anyone to enter the desktop computer market, or has Microsoft simply set the barrier to entry too high?" -Us, 1999 One thing I've observed in tech over the past 25 years is that change comes from unexpected places and often very quickly.
Uhhh how has the answer to that question changed though? Windows remains the undisputed king of the desktop.
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I do as well. As outlined in The Halo Effect, people want very tidy, clean, and rational reasons why a company failed. Blame must be specifically laid somewhere. However, there's a pretty good chance no one available could have saved the demise of Yahoo. Variance is a thing.
One reason I heard for the demise of Yahoo, from someone who worked there, was tech was totally anarchic. They didn't build up the vast amounts of shared software infrastructure that Google, Facebook and Amazon did. Apparently, each separate business unit did a lot of reinventing the wheel. That might have been something someone with a background in big company software architecture could have focused on, but that wa…
Changing a company name is one thing. Google did the same, essentially, with the formation of Alphabet. But please, dear God, don't tell me they are changing their domain. It's like the Eddie Murphy joke about falling down the stairs - for what seems like an eternity. ["My shoe!"] It's hard to believe what's become of the mighty Y! brand.
Yahoo, I mean. Or shoes.. I guess that this saying would indeed apply to shoes as well. So I guess that Yahoo and shoes have two things in common. 'Being grounded' being the other one.
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"At this point, is it even feasible for anyone to enter the desktop computer market, or has Microsoft simply set the barrier to entry too high?" -Us, 1999 One thing I've observed in tech over the past 25 years is that change comes from unexpected places and often very quickly.
Uhhh how has the answer to that question changed though? Windows remains the undisputed king of the desktop.
That last point is the most significant here: sure, you might not be able to beat Google at Google-like search, but you can try to start building the thing that will become more important than Google-like search in the next 5-10 years.
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Uhhh how has the answer to that question changed though? Windows remains the undisputed king of the desktop.
Depends on your social circle.
I use macOS myself and I can't live without it, but that does not at all reflect the big picture.