Call it the end of the dot-com era, but I watched Jerry Yang leave as CEO and felt a little sad. Now there’s the announcement of 1,500 layoffs at his baby, Yahoo!
I remember being in the Bay Area during the dot-com boom and I still wax nostalgic about those days of free name-brand breakfast cereal in the kitchen, cigars and booze. Now, we’re all unemployed, eating generic breakfast cereal for dinner and dreaming that one day we might have benefits. … Here’s a drink to the visionaries!
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Jeez Google really is going to take over the planet. Hopefully yahoo carries on strong though because I have taken advantage of their services for years. I have literally had my yahoo e-mail account for like 8 years!