In all fairness, the latest Microsoft run at Yahoo at least makes some sense; you wonder if someone finally got to Ballmer with a reality check, or if it's pure happenstance, and Icahn's public boardroom manueverings have simply convinced them that a chunk off the gazelle is better than no gazelle at all.

It's not entirely clear what bits of Yahoo they are hoping to bite off, but it's probably advertising related, and so of little immediate interest to readers of this blog, so I will (gratefully) stay away from the topic after this.