[johnrob]

60-70 Million for talent? Wow. I suppose Yahoo is trying a novel approach to recruiting: target startup founders/employees, give generous equity offers (via acquisition price) as well as a 'win' on the resume (successful exit). I have to say, it's a pretty compelling offer...

[hkmurakami]

Not sure what level of talent is left at Rockmelt other than their founders. It hadn't been doing well for a long time so I imagine the cream of the crop had already left. (I know one such person who had already left for Google)

[AznHisoka]

They can easily get talent for much much less.. just by posting an ad in the "Who's Hiring?" thread. There are many talented people who want to join Yahoo, but feel HR/gatekeepers are too much of an obstacle to even apply.

[rmc]

Novel means new. This isn't new. This is an acqui-hire.