Earlier this morning, Microsoft proposed a bid of $44 Million to Yahoo. In otherwords, Microsoft may buy Yahoo. This brings up a number of concerns for myself and others. What will happen to those Yahoo! services we love, like Flickr and del.icio.us? What kinds of “cultural” changes would Microsoft push (for more about culture, head over to Whitney Hoffman’s blog)?

Microsoft has historically had success based on engineering innovation, not usability for the user or the design of the…