I just read on
CNN that MSFT pulled out of the negotiations for Yahoo! Now Yahoo! is back on its own (at least for the near term) to navigate the competitive landscape. In considering MSFT's proposal was Yahoo! predisposed to dismissing it? Given that they can't merge with Google due to regulatory reasons, what other options are now open to Yahoo!? It was not too long ago, responding to poor performance, that they did some major reorganizations and brought Jerry Yang back into an operational role. Even with these changes, their Panama platform has not found much traction. They were recently talking about outsourcing some ad services to Google -- not a ringing endorsement for their own services! Given all this, it makes me wonder if they have a long term plan at Yahoo?