Hooray A Free Yahoo!

Yahoo! has been in the news a lot lately. The most recent news is of a possible alliance with rival Google in part to avoid a buyout by the likes of Microsoft. So billionaire investor Carl Icahn has been throwing a hissy fit because he was unable to make more money selling Yahoo to Microsoft, and the press says shareholders are confused. Well, what’s to be confused about? Are we so greedy now that it is impossible to understand that maybe not everyone wants to sell to the highest bidder? Is it hard to believe that maybe Yahoo! wanted to remain independent? And, gasp, that maybe a free and independent Yahoo! is a better deal for consumers overall. Yahoo! has also been a strong supporter of open source technologies and open standards, anathema to Microsoft for the most part. As a developer, my world is better with Yahoo! than without it. So go Yahoo!