John Battelle over at Searchblog is hosting a conversation about Yahoo CFO Susan Decker’s comments about surrendering to Google:
"We don’t think it’s reasonable to assume we’re going to gain a lot
of share from Google," Chief Financial Officer Susan Decker said in an
interview. "It’s not our goal to be No. 1 in Internet search. We would
be very happy to maintain our market share."
Looks like her white flag waving pissed-off some of the boys working in the trenches at Yahoo. And come to think of it her comments sound a lot like those being made by Ford and GM.
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