One interesting thing about those three companies (if I'm not totally on crack) is that Yahoo and eBay have made a whole ton of really high profile purchases, t

One interesting thing about those three companies (if I'm not totally on crack) is that Yahoo and eBay have made a whole ton of really high profile purchases, to the point where it almost seems like flailing. Amazon's always seemed a whole lot more deliberate about that stuff, and generally ended up buying small, complimentary companies. None of this "Skype is cool! we might be able to do something with it!"