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Re:Amazon Web Services revenue rises 81% year over year by molecule on Thursday July 23, 2015 @07:31PM (#9939146)
profit is the key word: Amazon has historically operated w/ a profit of slim to none.

http://ben-evans.com/benedictevans/2014/9/4/why-amazon-has-n...

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Re:Amazon Web Services revenue rises 81% year over year by bduerst on Thursday July 23, 2015 @08:55PM (#9939468)
The slim overall profit is different than the operating profit, as that article explains when talking about Amazon's capex.

Amazon is notorious for capital expenditures, some of which is probably why AWS exists.

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