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Re:Amazon website goes down for 40 minutes, costing the comp... by janeglendale on Tuesday August 20, 2013 @04:01AM (#6242343)
Revenue divided by minutes a naïve way to look at it. They of course lose money, but not nearly as much as you'd think -- people simply just come back later.

Source: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5147461