How Yahoo Weaponized My Work - Software Patents

[Michael Butash]

I was chatting with folks at PayPal when they told me their CEO Scott 
Thompson was poached by yahoo to be the next inline to try and resurrect 
them to relevancy.  I found that odd until I heard he got 27mil to do 
it.  I'd probably even sell my soul to microsoft for that.

I'd wondered just what he would try, as it seems pretty dismal for yahoo 
these days (but hey, even lycos is still around!).  Pretty sad that 
patent trolling is the best he could come up with, indicating it'll be 
yet another revolving door CEO position there if he fails, or worse, 
he's successful as little more than a parasite on the industry already 
plagued with them.  That's a hell of a legacy from "made paypal big and 
strong".

Way to innovate there buddy.  Though I dislike Facebook, I almost hope 
they win just to force yahoo die off once and for all.

-mb


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