I planned to write this week's article on the death of page views (I'll get back to that next time), but given the recent turn of events, I felt obliged to write this opinion piece instead. I'm usually the bitter, sarcastic guy -- and here I am defending a vendor, so this is a weird spot for me. I have spent the last day amazed at the consistent negative sentiments coming from the press, pundits, investors, and just about everyone but me. Yahoo is not dead.