Yahoo internal memo urges major shake-up, job cuts
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| Yahoo Inc. needs a dramatic organizational shake-up and cuts in its
| work force of up to 20 percent, according to an internal memo written
| last month by Senior Vice President Brad Garlinghouse.
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061118/tc_nm/yahoo_dc
Also see:
Is Google worth its weight in gold?
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| As Google's share price neared $500 Thursday, analysts were unfazed
| by the fact that the search king's market capitalization is greater
| than its three biggest Internet rivals combined and about double that
| of media companies Walt Disney and Time Warner.
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http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9595_22-6136393.html
Google is indeed a Linux poster child that is bound to give Microsoft a run
for its money (or survival).
In recent days:
MSN Still Going Nowhere Fast
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| ...it is not surprising that Steve Ballmer
| is now warning media companies that Google is the Evil Empire --
| because no other competitive tactic has worked.
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http://biz.yahoo.com/seekingalpha/061116/20767_id.html?.v=1
More FUD from Steve Ballmer. More news predicts a gloomy future for
Microsoft's Web adaptation.
Sources: Several Windows Live Projects Halted
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| Microsoft's Windows Live desktop search project has been
| shelved "indefinitely," although not much reasoning has been
| given as to the reason for its demise.
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http://www.betanews.com/article/Sources_Several_Windows_Live_Projects_Halted/1163715423
Ozzie: Vista, Office must adapt to Web era
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| Ozzie said that the transition to integrate online services into Microsoft
| products has been a challenge but that changes within the company are
| happening.
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http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9588_22-6133895.html
Will Web 2.0 ultimately kill Windows?
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| Allchin shared his thoughts on Windows Live (which, along with Windows and
| developer tools also falls under his organization); competition with Google
| and Apple; and why a client-based version of Windows won?t ever completely
| disappear, regardless of how successful Web services become.
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=66
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