So, as I am no longer part of any of that stuff. I wonder …

What’s preventing Microsoft from just trying to steal the good people from Yahoo and not buy the rest?

I mean, i don’t even think its that hard. You find yourself one good person, they will recommend others, and you just steamroll from there. It seems to me this would allow them to not only remove all the excess baggage of the useless people, but more importantly, have opportunity to target some of the really great people who has left in the past year.