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Is Yahoo insane in going on a buying spree like this?

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Re: Is Yahoo insane in going on a buying spree like this?

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Answer: yes The shelf life of a tech company is 7 years. After that, it simply loses a "cool factor"

The company Yahoo! itself have no prospects, its search and email are not doing well. 7 years of hulu?

About their e-mail.. While their new interface product was in beta, it was an amazing classic e-mail interface that included an API and features left missing when it was released as the default mail application. In one day it was replaced by a boring, minimal feature set with a lacking positive experience in its whole. While Yahoo! is still one of the leaders in web based e-mail, I am certain Yahoo! can do to Tumblr what they did to e-mail in just one day.