&gt;If they fire Mayer, yahoo will be dead and they will lose everything.<p>Rather the opposite.  If the <i>keep</i> her Yahoo will be dead.  While existing problems were legion when she arrived, she hasn&#x27;t made much progress.  Yahoo needs a CEO who is willing to lay out a vision for the brand and ruthlessly pursue it.  Anything else will just prolong its slow slide beneath the waves.