[152016] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: The day SORBS goes away ...
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Patrick W. Gilmore)
Mon Apr 9 12:59:14 2012
From: "Patrick W. Gilmore" <patrick@ianai.net>
In-Reply-To: <0F218528-A983-45B9-84EB-33EB7E0BB59E@oitc.com>
Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2012 12:58:21 -0400
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On Apr 7, 2012, at 19:41 , TR Shaw wrote:
> As for Yahoo, the problem will probably go away on its own over time. =
The problem with companies that are in questionable/bad financial shape =
is that they defund many activities that do not seem important but =
actually are. These, such as abuse handling, will actually cause them to =
increase their spiral down by causing more customers away.
For the 3 months ending 2011-12-31 (last quarter available), Yahoo!'s =
revenue was US$1.3B, with a net income of nearly US$300M - for the =
_quarter_.
I wish I were in such "questionable/bad financial shape".
Before anyone pounces, yes, I know they're not growing. The results =
above up slightly from Q3 2011, although down slightly (~5%) from Q4 =
2010. But they still make more revenue & profit than 99.mumble% of the =
companies represented on this list. And they have more than enough to =
do abuse correctly. Perhaps more importantly, I seriously doubt Yahoo! =
mail is going away any time soon.
--=20
TTFN,
patrick
