It makes sense to me; there is little to no profit expectation for Yahoo with regards to GeoCities at this point. Since they are a for-profit company, that's at

It makes sense to me; there is little to no profit expectation for Yahoo with regards to GeoCities at this point. Since they are a for-profit company, that's at least a little bit important. I'm not saying GeoCities couldn't make money, but you have to remember that there is a bureaucracy charge for every big company that wants to maintain software. If there is a developer on the project, there has to be a manager. If there's a manager on the project, there will be reporting requirements. If there are reporting requirements, there must be an analyst, etc. It's easy for me to see Yahoo considering this not worth their time; I don't think there were any nefarious intentions at all.