Source Code
The Mayer c-suite is bleating that the billion account loss was possibly due to source code theft, the purloiners taking advantage of security holes. Since Yahoo security was poor (despite the good reputation of the 'Paranoids' before they were poached by more astute companies) one has to presume that the Yahoo source code rivals Adobe Flash for security quality. It costs time and money to write secure code, even if the cost is negative on a life cycle basis.
Verizon should probably rewrite the source code at a cost of 100Mil, or maybe 2 or 3 hundred including debugging and roll out to the 20 or 30 remaining Yahoo customers. Alternatively, Verizon could just ape Adobe and not proactively fix problems, just react and wack the moles when they pop up. Yahoo will then die the Flash death of a thousand security patches. Of course, if the price is right, maybe it would be worth it.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
