I don't get the preference for Yahoo as an acquirer over Google. Yahoo has repeatedly killed internal projects in favor of acquisitions - Google, for better or

I don't get the preference for Yahoo as an acquirer over Google. Yahoo has repeatedly killed internal projects in favor of acquisitions - Google, for better or worse, has a substantial NIH mentality. Sure, Flickr and Delicious haven't really innovated since acquisition, but Yahoo's at least let them stay more-or-less intact (less charitably, Yahoo's let them stagnate).