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Yahoo's Yang: Train Wreck
Yang put the blame for the failure of his company's deal with Microsoft at the feet of Microsoft, saying that he was in favor of a deal. Battelle pressed him hard on his true desires here, and Yang was obtuse at best. But deals frequently fall apart. What was more disturbing was his vision for Yahoo. He called it "a consumer brand that lets people get what they want on the Internet." His next trick will be creating a social network, and becoming an ad platform. Sounds a little familiar. Judge for yourself in the video, but just a little anecdote: later in the evening when Lance Armstrong took the stage, he pleaded with Battelle not to Jerry Yang him. « SiCortex Offers Green HPC Efficiency Metric | Main | What's Lance Armstrong Got To Do With It? » |
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