Yahoo’s new CEO Carol Bartz dismissed the idea she wasn’t ready to lead an Internet company and said instead that she’s ready to “kick some butt.”

The comments came during a conference call today that announced her appointment — and gave her a chance to come out swinging at naysayers.

While credited with a turnaround during her earlier tenure as CEO of design software company Autodesk (NASDAQ: ADSK), Bartz faced criticism as her name surfaced even as a possible candidate for the top spot at Yahoo (NASDAQ: YHOO). Prior to Autodesk, Bartz was also an executive at Sun Microsystems, and now sits on the boards of both Cisco Systems and Intel.

But she said that lacking experience in search and online media doesn’t mean she can’t perform her new job.

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