Ideas and startup goes to Yahoo to die.
I personally believe that without big players like Yahoo!, many ideas would not become startups because there'd be no exit strategy nor funding. @pavs - Where do you work that's better? What ideas have come out of it that are even worthy of having a Hacker News thread? What products do you work on that people love so much they're distraught with a mention of them not existing? Link me, :D.
I wish I could upvote your first paragraph and downvote your second paragraph.