Mr. Ballmer, Please Do Not Bailout Yahoo
An Open Letter to Steve Ballmer.
Dear Mr. Ballmer,
Congratulations on all the product launches your company has undertaken in the last two weeks. Microsoft is in the midst of rolling out it’s greatest slate of software in its history, and all of your employees need to keep their eyes on the ball to bring this exciting stable of software to fruition.
Yahoo, on the other hand, is a terribly-managed company, with their Chief Yahoo really living up to his name. They have no direction, no focus, no goals, and their stock price is in the crapper. They don’t use any Microsoft technologies in their operation (save for running Windows on their desktops) and they just ditched the only effort to develop on a Microsoft platform that they’ve undertaken in a long time. They may be a great Windows customer, but that’s about it.
Just because Microsoft earns more than a year than many countries, does not mean that you should get in the business of bailing out failing companies. Apparently, that is Congress’ job. The only thing that could possibly be valuable to you is their server infrastructure, and there are cheaper ways to buy hardware.
Mr. Ballmer, Yahoo is a dying company. Let capitalism take its course. There are plenty of better ways to spend your money. Thank you for your time.
Sincerely,
Robert W. McLaws
Microsoft Fan and Blogger
Windows-Now.com
UPDATE: Ballmer says Microsoft has “moved on”. Good to hear :)