With Microsoft now in charge of the sexy stuff--search--what will become of Yahoo?

While Yahoo will still be doing instant messaging, email, and--of course--content aggregation, it's search technology that was the holy grail. With that quest over, what happens to Yahoo's talented crusaders?

Lacking top-rank technical talent at Yahoo, if we're going to have a serious Google competitor, it must be Microsoft. That is, unless a new player drops from the sky, Until then, Microsoft is it.

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