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gibbergibber - 2:00 pm on Jul 8, 2008 (gmt 0)
The Yahoo board doesn't own Yahoo, it's just meant to run it in the best interests of the Yahoo shareholders. Many of those shareholders feel that turning down MS's offer wasn't in their best interests.
It's not just MS wanting to punish the Yahoo board, it's many of the owners of Yahoo as well.