Why the mighty will fall

From this blog, a great explanation for what's going to go wrong:
"It would be a breakthrough moment if Microsoft were to use its purchase of Yahoo! to transform itself into a next-generation software-powered services company that also, as a sideline, sells infrastructure software to other service providers. But Microsoft doesn’t want to concede software as being subsidiary to — a component of — services. So instead it will corrupt Yahoo! into a company that exists to foster sales of Microsoft’s software; a company that looks back to the past rather than forwards to a true services future. And Microsoft will have squandered its $44.6 billion on a quixotic mission."

Rico is having another virtual laugh at Microsoft's expense. (He can't say it's at Bill Gates' expense any more, alas, since Bill has bailed on Microsoft to go tend his ill-gotten fortune.)