Yahoo had a press day yesterday designed in part to pump up the media about the company’s prospects and progress post the Microsoft-fiasco. As someone who’s been positive about Yahoo, I oddly found the day leaving me less reassured, not more. In the end, ironically it might have been the Open! Open! Open! mantra that each Yahoo exec put out as part of the company’s strategy. I’m weary of "Open" somehow being magic fairy dust that if sprinkled on a problem is something companies hope makes everything better.

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