Sure beats the heck out of us. Also, some props to Yahoo! as it blows out 10 candles.

I remember the day in 1995 when Jerry Yang came to meet me at my office at Dataquest in San Jose. He and his friend David Filo were college grad students with a dream. Jerry told me about his mom in Taiwan who didn’t care about his business success as long as he finished his doctoral research.  I won’t bore you with details, and I won’t bore you with my thoughts about Yahoo!’s place in the world. You can see this article at the BBC if you actually care about my opinion.

Yahoo!’s power actually struck me when we saw the movie, “Inspector Gadget” when there was a Yahoo! logo in the film. I also remember when I worked at NetRatings, being startled at how Yahoo! rated in countries outside the U.S. The ability to build a brand with such global power is a marvel of today’s technology-powered world.

I just would like to congratulate Yahoo! on 10 great years. I hope its rivals continue to keep the heat on; it’s competition that powers a great marketplace.