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Image via CrunchBaseAfter rebuffing Microsoft, and now being rebuffed by Google, Yahoo is acting like a jilted lover who abandoned one suitor in favor of another, only to find out that the other suitor was just playing along for a little bit.

While Jerry Yang has to be wondering what happened as they wake up with a post Google abandonment, this does not bode that well for Yahoo. Realistically, Yahoo is going to have to court Microsoft this time and meet Microsoft on its terms, rather than the proposed deal that was supposed to happen earlier this year. Microsoft can literally pick up Yahoo at a fire sale price, because the situation has totally changed.

What is funny is Techcrunch’s view point in that Yahoo needs its Barrack Obama, all companies need their own Barrack Obama, and the state of corporate management is not looking that good lately. If you take into account the current financial issues globally, management needs to get better training, and a tad bit more in the ethics department might not be that bad either. The social though points out that this year has been a watershed year for Yahoo.

Once a high playing high flying darling, Yahoo seems lost, alone, and quite possibly scared that there might not be that much time to be a major player. They are beset on all sides, not just Google and Microsoft, but by other companies with better leadership and better visions than Yahoo seems to muster. Smaller search engines are all over the internet trying to grow to take on everyone, and Yahoo seems like the easiest target right now.

The interesting thing about a company appearing weak is that they become a target for everyone, and Yahoo definitely looks weak this morning. It is not just a matter of leadership; it is a matter of organizational culture that seems to have accepted defeat and abandonment. The culture at Yahoo seems to have accepted defeat amongst the optimism of working there, if you look at what is being said about them on Glassdoor.

If Microsoft comes back to the table, the board of directors is more likely to tell Jerry to Sell this time, and not play games holding out for an inflated stock price. Take what you can get so that everyone can walk away from the deal with what they get. The problem is going to be focused on the poison pill that Yahoo has when it comes to a takeover. They are going to have to completely change their tune when it comes to dealing with Microsoft, as Microsoft is going to remember the first time around as well. This will not be a meeting of equals, if Yahoo is to really sell, they will have to go cheap and go fast. If the Executive Suit at Yahoo even hints at holding out, Microsoft is going to bail again, and Yahoo is just going to have to work out how to go this one alone.

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