” It is time that David Filo and his band of visionaries come out of their board rooms and have a look at this mess, and roll up their sleeves, and fix this broken, whimpering mess that calls itself “Yahoo”.”
From https://atulchitnis.net/diary/showentry/111
No I don’t want to contemplate on the technical aspects of Atul’s writing BUT more on the human aspects.
Would like to know how David Filo really feels about it? Most likely he will say the problems will sort themselves out, BUT in my humble opinion he is feeling the same pangs as so many developers who have sold their creations feel being mute witness to the endless hours of their work being mutilated, raped and most of the times ultimately destroyed.
I personally know at least two such guys who in a single stroke, to quote “earned more money than they would have in a life time” BUT now, to quote again “regretted having sold their dreams”
Notice how almost none of the original developers stick around in the company they sold their product to….
One could argue endlessly about practicality Vs Ideology Vs ambition – whatever the out come the bottom line is you always end up losing when you sell your dreams