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As a former employee of both IBM Global Services and Disney Parks and Resorts Online, I believe I have a good sense of forecasting trouble in a new Microsoft-branded Yahoo! corporate culture.

I haven't worked for Microsoft, but my understanding is that they aren't much different from IBM in terms of procedure, politics, and change management. Yahoo! has always embraced change, and appear to be more "dotcom-ish" than a traditional IT firm such as Microsoft.

If I'm right, those employees at Yahoo! who understand this, will absolutely "chafe under Microsoft's control", now having less business improvement participation, more rules and policies, and most-likely a lot less fun and swag as well.

Therefore, I belive Semel left of his own accord; I would have done the same.