Re:Microsoft to buy Skype for $7 billion
by Tyrannosaurs on Tuesday May 10, 2011 @05:29AM
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Don't they still lose money though? Certainly as of 2008 online services (search, hotmail, messenger) was losing over $1bn a year.
I don't believe that they've ever broken that down publicly but it would seem unlikely that any one of those services is making significant money if the who division is losing cash.
10 years on (I think the Hotmail acquisition was that far back) it should be making money unless Microsoft has become a charity.
I don't believe that they've ever broken that down publicly but it would seem unlikely that any one of those services is making significant money if the who division is losing cash.
10 years on (I think the Hotmail acquisition was that far back) it should be making money unless Microsoft has become a charity.