Yahoo and Microsoft, together at last?

Yahoo and Microsoft, together at last?
Man...what a deal. What a story.

Back in 2005 / 2006, I got to listen to the speeches at Yahoo. I presented to the CMO, to other Senior VP level execs, etc...

...nobody listened. Qi Lu, on the other hand, and most of Jeff Weiner's lieutenants, when I presented to their staff, were the only savvy bunch in all the high level dross I found there. (a few exceptions, but for the most part, the real leadership and talent at Yahoo was in that room).

The story so far? Rob (former boss) sold sidestep...Jeff, CEO of linkedin, Andrew & James, VC's, with pretty good portfolios, Paul, President at Current and of course, Qi Lu, at Microsoft.

It's hard, for me, to understand where the truth was and urban legend began in the stories I heard from people at Yahoo around the chess match that was the google deal, then the google breakup, etc.

For me, the nail in the coffin was this: while an employee, I bought some clicks...and, when the class action settlement check came, it didn't even have the right payee information...despite me being an employee when the issue happened, government records saying that you have to keep employee data on file, etc, etc.

If your cash cow is managed in such a haphazard fashion...then, there is the only logical explanation that you'll manage everything else in a dismal way thus ensuring self destruction.

Sorry, guys. I tried to help.