Re:Yahoo is shutting down about half of its content verticals
by appleflaxen on Thursday February 18, 2016 @07:50AM
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> If you can't value the state-of-the-art research being done in your labs, then you don't really value a thing.
that's a bit simplistic. vowpal wabbit is cool, but if the corporation can't figure out a path from the research to revenue, then it's smart to spin it off or shut it down.
maybe the more amazing thing is that they couldn't find a competitive advantage in the vowpal wabbit project.
Re:Yahoo is shutting down about half of its content verticals
by crackpotbaker on Thursday February 18, 2016 @03:28PM
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yeah, it is a bit too black-and-white
Microsoft is doing great stuff with it in finance, ads, and MR is doing amazing stuff.
Re:Yahoo is shutting down about half of its content verticals
by rezashirazian on Thursday February 18, 2016 @03:45PM
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Lets not forget that they too shutdown part of their R&D department (Microsoft Research Silicon Valley) back in 2014.
If you can't value the state-of-the-art research being done in your labs, then you don't really value a thing.