Those version numbers appear to be from here:
Possibly in order to give candidates exact information on the runtime environment (for submitting running code).
Three nines is not clown shoes. It ain't world-class, but it's pretty good uptime.
At this point, a pretty good way of clearing out the deadwood at Yahoo that only cares about options and cash would be to do a company-wide poll of who is disappointed that they didn't take the MS offer and fire everyone who was. This will leave the people who want to fight and win.
@Hopeless - nice one.
I really love this new Ning The Merciless photoshop job that's being used for all the marca articles. It's pure genius.
That's actually a pretty wise thing to do. He did it with Opsware, and definitely didn't regret it.
I somehow doubt the problem with the YouTube acquisition was the transition of the backend systems. I suspect the difficulty lies more with the transition of the fact that YouTube bleeds money.
Who was the departure that caused the slight dip shortly after the IPO?
Careful Valleywag, now you're on his shit list.
Why are Hurley and Chen even still there taking orders from Schmidt?
"Do you want to spend the rest of your life selling sugar water or do you want to change the world?"
Doesn't that "fake" exchange imply that ultimately, they ARE getting bought???
Why is this seen as unreasonable and entitled? There's no job security anymore today, so taking a salaried job is a sucker's bet - there's nothing to gain and everything to lose. Either you go with a company that will offer you a piece of the upside, or you start your own business. Otherwise you're just trading away your time to an employer who's unlikely to show you any loyalty when times get hard.
Attention Benchmark Capital: former Facebook COO Owen Van Natta is looking for a CEO position! Perfect fit!
AOL's standard for "a pretty good job" has always been rather mediocre.
A better question is: how many people get paid FOR sex?
Holy shit they really do look like Smithers and Burns. How does anyone take them seriously?
That's what I call Reasonable Ambition.
Guess his wife didn't like the newer, thinner model.
Next week: Jeff Veen has decided to leave Google to "spend more time with his family."
