Larry Ellison of oracle.

Ellison tops tech exec salary list | Tech news blog - CNET News.com

There were a few surprises as well as the usual cast of well-compensated characters. Second on the tech list was Nabeel Gareeb of MEMC Electronic Materials, a little-known silicon wafer manufacturing company in Missouri. Rounding out the top 10 were Cisco’s John Chambers, Hewlett-Packard’s Mark Hurd, Nividia’s Jen-Hsun Huang, IBM’s Sam Palmisano, Corning’s Wendell Weeks, EMC’s Joe Tucci, Agilent’s William Sullivan, and Intel’s Paul Otellini.

Just missing the top 10 were Apple’s Steve Jobs at No. 11 and Sun’s Jonathan Schwartz at No. 12.

Not just for tech, but for all.

Larry Ellison couldn’t buy this kind of PR |CNET News.com

In Forbes’ annual list of top executive salaries, Oracle’s Larry Ellison finished in first place, with total 2007 compensation at $192.9 million

LinkedIn is reportedly valued at $1 billion.

Why? because of the quality of its members.

While facebook or MySpace has multiples more, LinkedIn’s members reportedly are the executive jet set — average age of 41k years old, and average income of $110,000.

So, Linkedin charges ads at $75 per thousand impressions which is scores higher than anywhere. But advertisers pay for that kind of money to get that kind of audience.

So it can be quality, over quantity.

This is an explanation not only of what made Microsoft deal for Yahoo difficult, but how you may use strategy to help a competitor.

As they say - the enemy of your enemy can be your friend.

How Google’s Checkbook Stymied Microsoft - New York Times Blog

Shortly after Microsoft announced its hostile bid for Yahoo, Google objected and raised the prospect that it would lobby government regulators to block any merger.

As it turned out, Google was very much the spoiler in the deal. But its most effective weapon was not threats or coercion, but its very effective, and unconventional, use of its own checkbook.

Google has agreed to sell some search advertising for Yahoo. And since Google earns far more on every search than its rivals do, this will mean an immediate increase in Yahoo’s profits.