¿Yahoogle?

Marissa Mayer, fotografía de New York Times.

Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols , en ZDNet, da una interpretación inquietante para algunos competidores de Google acerca de la designación de Marissa Mayer como CEO de Yahoo: que la operación sea similar a la que convirtió a Nokia en un satélite de Microsoft (por ahora, digamos):

Some people think this move is like what Microsoft seems to have done to Nokia when Stephen Elop, a former Microsoft executive became CEO of Nokia—and proceeded to tie its future to Microsoft while running it into the ground. Or, she'll just make Yahoo an arm of Google. You might call such a creation: Yahoogle

Algunos de los inversores comprometidos no parecen entusiasmados...(Activist investor and Yahoo board member Daniel Loeb of the hedge fund Third Point LLC, who joined the board after vocally calling for Scott Thompson’s ouster, declined to comment on Mayer’s appointment. Loeb is the second-largest investor in the company [En Forbes , también el comentario de WSJ.])
Está por verse qué queda de la reciente alianza entre Yahoo y Microsoft, si las presunciones de Vaughan-Nichols tienen fundamento. En cuanto a la capacidad de Mayer, quizá sea un error enfocarla sólo en su capacidad técnica, considerando que desde abril forma parte del directorio de Wal-Mart (Perhaps in a sign of grander ambitions, Ms. Mayer joined the board of Wal-Mart Stores in April, her first seat at a public company. She is one of four women on Wal-Mart’s 16-member board.[En New York Times])