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		kenjackson on Dec 29, 2010 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: What Microsoft gets for $2 billion I think they need to come in at $100M+ earnings at least. That would be "high-class hooker" respectable. I think they really do need to look more at the $500M range though to say it was an unqualified success.

dotcoma on Dec 30, 2010 [–]

how much does Google earn in a quarter in the US? 1.5 billion? 2 billion? Bing + Yahoo is about 20% of the market, or 1/4th of Google (in the US). So, 500 M is good, but 100 M means it would take years and years just to earn back what they have lost online in all these years, don't you think?

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