雅虎（Yahoo）联合创始人杨致远今天辞去了在这家互联网公司董事会中的职务，同时也辞去了在公司中的所有其他职务。他还辞去了雅虎日本（Yahoo Japan）和阿里巴巴集团（Alibaba Group）董事会的职务。

    杨致远在一份声明中称：

    “创建雅虎到现在的这段时光中，我体验了一些生命中最激动人心、最有益的经历。但是，现在我得开始寻求雅虎之外的其他兴趣了。差不多17年前，我亲自参与创办了这家公司。值此离开之际，我对任命斯科特•汤普森为首席执行官，对他的能力以及整个雅虎领导层的能力寄予厚望，热切期待斯科特和雅虎领导团队将带领雅虎走向振奋人心、成就卓著的未来。”

    许多杨致远的批评者可能会弹冠相庆，同时希望雅虎董事会的其他成员也步杨致远的后尘。不过，随之而来的一个重大问题是，雅虎是否会重新考虑接受竞争对手【比如微软（Microsoft）？】或私募股权投资者的收购方案。

    杨致远不仅被视为阻挠微软2008年对雅虎收购的主要力量，而且最近还正告潜在的私募股权买家，他本人以及雅虎董事会其他成员都不会支持收购雅虎——此举扼杀了与贝恩资本（Bain Capital）、黑石集团（Blackstone Group）、银湖合伙公司（Silver Lake Partners）以及TPG资本（TPG Capital）等公司可能的交易。

    雅虎董事长罗伊•博斯托克公开重申了“不会私有化”的立场，但杨致远的离去可能意味着这一态度的软化。当然，这些仅仅是猜测，因为目前一切仍是初步消息……

    Yahoo (YHOO) co-founder Jerry Yang today resigned from the Internet company's board of directors and all other positions at the company. He also resigned from the boards of Yahoo Japan and Alibaba Group.

    In a statement, Yang said:

    "My time at Yahoo!, from its founding to the present, has encompassed some of the most exciting and rewarding experiences of my life. However, the time has come for me to pursue other interests outside of Yahoo! As I leave the company I co-founded nearly 17 years ago, I am enthusiastic about the appointment of Scott Thompson as Chief Executive Officer and his ability, along with the entire Yahoo! leadership team, to guide Yahoo! into an exciting and successful future."

    The move is likely to be cheered by many of Yang's detractors, who probably wish the rest of Yahoo's board of directors followed suit. What it raises, however, is a giant question as to whether or not Yahoo might revisit the idea of being acquired either by a rival (Microsoft?) or by private equity investors.

    Not only was Yang cited as the stick that muddied up Microsoft's (MSFT) attempt to buy Yahoo in 2008, but he also recently told possible private equity suitors that neither he nor other Yahoo board members would support a takeover attempt -- killing off possible deals with firms like Bain Capital, The Blackstone Group (BX), Silver Lake Partners and TPG Capital.

    Yahoo chairman Roy Bostock publicly reiterated the "not going private" position, but perhaps Yang's departure could signal a softening. Again, all just speculation as the news is still very raw...