Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz engaged in a broad-based discussion about her company during the Morgan Stanley Technology Conference in San Francisco on March 3, terming any negotiations with Microsoft over search as private and citing – in a lighter moment – her preference for Google Maps. 

With regard to the seemingly never-ending drama between Microsoft and Yahoo over the latter’s possible acquisition of Yahoo’s search business, Bartz merely said, "We're going to negotiate as companies negotiate, privately."

Bartz also made clear that, in her attempts to revive Yahoo, she would examine and perhaps cut whatever necessary to ensure the company’s survival, particularly in the current economic climate. 

"Everything is open for examination. I feel in this time we need to make sure we are running very tight fiscally so we can spend," Bartz said during a presentation. "Where we should do M&A, where we should sell, acquire, whatever…then we can make a decision based on a sound organization."