Lycos Giving Up on Search?

Our man John recently posted commentary about Lycos trying to hang in there in hopes of someone acquiring them. Well it seems like they are trimming the fat and have laid off their entire Search Department. There is a comment on John's post that I have confirmed with a friend who works closely with Lycos that they have in fact fired the entire search department. I'm assuming this means the natural and paid search departments, so what do these Lycos layoffs mean for them? Are they giving up on search? Going to partner with the Evil Google? Yahoo? or just wait and hope they get acquired?

Good luck to all the fired Lycos people. On a positive note, it shouldn't be too hard for them to find a job in this booming search industry.