[Sigia-l] Google-killer no more

[Gino Zahnd]

I think this response to all the knee jerking around Sue's comments  
(that were taken out of context) is pretty dead on:

http://www.caterina.net/archive/000924.html




On Jan 24, 2006, at 11:33 AM, Listera wrote:

> Yahoo! Inc., one of the first Internet search companies, has  
> capitulated to
> Google Inc. in the battle for market dominance.
>
> "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."
>
> <http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/256748_yahoo24.html>
>
> What happens when your company or client publicly announce that  
> they are
> giving up the fight to be the "best" or No.1 or market leader? In a  
> digital
> product, one click away from the No.1, do we even bother?
>
> One down, MSFT next?