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> Yahoo were borderline negligent with that purchase That's not what most HNers were saying at that time, they were praising Mayer and her "awesome strategy" o
by spriggan3 10y ago
> Yahoo were borderline negligent with that purchase
That's not what most HNers were saying at that time, they were praising Mayer and her "awesome strategy" of shopping her way into success. Of course it didn't make sense at all, like that deal makes very little sense at all too.
- simonswords82 10y agoWow - I decided to look up the thread from when the acquisition was announced and I'm shocked at how positive the news was taken by the HN crowd: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5737185 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5737185 Looks like we've got an army of Captain Hindsight's here now given I never hear anybody defend the purchase on HN now it clearly is a flop. Furthermore Forbes wrote an article on why the acquisition was a bad idea, and HNers beat it up! https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5737400 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5737400