Brett_Tabke - 2:46 pm on Jan 24, 2006 (gmt 0)

> to put 100s of millions of $$$s into R&D

Since when has yahoo put that kind of money into R&D? Buy Goto/Overture, AllTheWeb, Inktomi, and Altavista was simply taking those players off the board so that Microsoft couldn't have them as weapons.

> And what does that statement mean?

It means they are getting their butt kicked and everyone knows it. Not to come out publicly and say it, would be an admission they can't read the market.

> Susan Drecker does not have a backup career in public relations.

I have little doubt that the statement came from on high - she fell on a sword here.