I dont really know the answer to this question. But can I just say that all the bloggers on the interweb who are saying that Yang is incapable to lead yahoo have no right to do so.Most people are overlooking the fact that he co-created quiet possibly one of the biggest sites out there. You have to give him credit for that. Yes Yahoo might not ever give the investors the same share price as microsoft did, but do the users really want everything to be owned by MS. Also Yahoo is still the number one mail provider, they have made some of the best acquisitions and still own a lot of really good quality websites like flickr, delicious, etc. Yahoo will survive in my opinion.
As for his leadership skills, I don’t see anything wrong with it. Most of us dont know anything about it like every other tech ceo’s leadership skills. All this bashing is based on the fact that he should have sold the company to microsoft. So now trying to remain independent is now considered as poor leadership instead of heroic.
@richard: They have no passion about their products – if you ever come to san fran, visit my friend laura who happens to work for del.ico.us and you’ll definitely change your mind on that one