Why?  He probably does not want to remain when MSFT’s army strolls in… but that is not the point of this post.

Look at the org chart: if I am Jerry Yang, why would I want anyone between me and the guys actually running these departments?

Why?  I’ve long argued that YHOO had too much fat on top.  I don’t know any of these five otherwise fine gents… but if Google was kicking my teeth in, I would want to remove all of the barriers and layers to understand why.

Maybe that’s just me…