Yahoo has just appointed former PayPal President Scott Thompson as their new CEO and also appointed him to their board of directors.
Thompson, whose resume includes overseeing product development work at eBay and Visa, takes over the reins from Interim CEO Tim Morse effective today. Morse is returning to his former position as the company's CFO.
The choice of Thompson signals a focus, ... [ read the full article ]
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I hope he packed his ass with steel wool because Yahoo seems to take the US government's approach to business practices. I.e., buy high, sell low & go against new ideas, screw the status quo, change is for underwear.
Scott may have some good ideas & might be able to turn things around, but Yahoo has had quite a number of years to screw things up. It's gonna get much darker before they get brighter. Meaning, the next quarter (minimum) is gonna get mighty bleak due to all the firing in order to get rid of all the dead tissue & re-graph some new, healthy life back into this dead beast.
Originally posted by Bozobub: What, exactly, do you expect from a bunch of Yahoos..?
Me...? Absolutely nothing, I gave up on them back in 97. That catch all, do all, one stop shop for whatever you want BS web site just doesn't do it for me. AOL tried to do that with their 'captive audience' approach to ISP wrangling & internet socialism. That just don't cut it with me. And even though the 'one stop shop' web sites aren't the same thing I suppose I get the same feeling & bad taste in my mouth.
Otherwise... Your statement was a blanket one & I was conceited for thinking it was for me to answer... If that was the case, I humbly ask you ignore the mumbling old fool in the corner.
My suggestion to the new CEO...........correct the recent annoyance of when going to yahoo.com and the cursor does NOT default to the search bar right away and often doesn't at all. Not sure why.
On a positive note, even as a 14 year tenured IT veteran, I much prefer Yahoo! searches over Google. Less fluff and malicious results. I only use Google as a second choice or when looking for answers to obscure IT related problems.
Originally posted by Bozobub: What, exactly, do you expect from a bunch of Yahoos..?
Me...? Absolutely nothing, I gave up on them back in 97. That catch all, do all, one stop shop for whatever you want BS web site just doesn't do it for me. AOL tried to do that with their 'captive audience' approach to ISP wrangling & internet socialism. That just don't cut it with me. And even though the 'one stop shop' web sites aren't the same thing I suppose I get the same feeling & bad taste in my mouth.
Otherwise... Your statement was a blanket one & I was conceited for thinking it was for me to answer... If that was the case, I humbly ask you ignore the mumbling old fool in the corner.
I was simply making a general (bad) joke a la Swift - lol...
