This tactic leaves a really bad taste in my mouth. Yes patent abuse needs to be dealt with, yes Yahoo is now apart of the abuse and it is sad. But firing a rocket at Yahoo employees by telling them they need uproot their lives or otherwise they will be black listed from employment, with hopes that other companies will follow along is disgusting and says more about Yammer than Yahoo.
Look, yes Yahoo needs to take it in the chin as well as their decision makers and true owners. Regular employees even with their stock options are for all intensive purposes not owners. Employees all have unique individual situations (H1B, mortgages, etc etc) and they will leave when the situation is right for them. Weaponizing hiring is just as pitiful as weaponizing patents.
They're both terrible, but I'd way "weaponizing hiring" is worse than "weaponizing patents". At least with patents, you're not directly targeting people (just the things they build and the companies they work for).
Look, yes Yahoo needs to take it in the chin as well as their decision makers and true owners. Regular employees even with their stock options are for all intensive purposes not owners. Employees all have unique individual situations (H1B, mortgages, etc etc) and they will leave when the situation is right for them. Weaponizing hiring is just as pitiful as weaponizing patents.
Find another way to do it.