{"id":283,"date":"2011-05-01T22:17:35","date_gmt":"2011-05-01T22:17:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.jorgep.com\/?p=283"},"modified":"2022-09-26T07:20:20","modified_gmt":"2022-09-26T14:20:20","slug":"microsoft-online-4b-startup-and-counting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jorgep.com\/blog\/microsoft-online-4b-startup-and-counting\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft Online &#8211; $4B startup and counting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It is simply\u00a0amazing to see how much is Microsot investing into its online division.<\/p>\n<p>Based on the the latest <a title=\"Microsoft 3Q2011\" href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20211107061311\/https:\/\/thetechjournal.com\/tech-news\/industry-news\/microsoft-reports-record-q3-earnings.xhtml\">Microsoft quarterly result published<\/a> last week, the operating loss for the online services division was \u00a0$726M \u00a0in the 3rd quarter alone, and a loss \u00a0$1.8B for the current year.<\/p>\n<p>If we look back to when the Microsoft Online Division \u00a0started in early 2006, the total so far is close to $4B in investments for this one.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_284\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-284\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jorgep.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/microsoftonline.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-284\" title=\"microsoftonline\" src=\"https:\/\/jorgep.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/microsoftonline.jpg?w=300\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jorgep.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/microsoftonline.jpg 398w, https:\/\/jorgep.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/microsoftonline-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-284\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Microsoft Online Operating Income<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I can only say: \u00a0 \u00a0It is nice to have money..<\/p>\n<p>After 6 years and over $4B of investment, if this was a startup \u00a0do you think it would still be alive.<\/p>\n<p>I have to wonder if Amazon is loosing as much&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Some interesting reading:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scottberkun.com\/blog\/2010\/what-microsoft-gets-for-2-billion\/\">http:\/\/www.scottberkun.com\/blog\/2010\/what-microsoft-gets-for-2-billion\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2010\/10\/28\/microsoft-online-business\/\">http:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2010\/10\/28\/microsoft-online-business\/<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>[Image source: \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/\">http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com<\/a>\u00a0@\u00a0http:\/\/read.bi\/kQQqvj \u00a0&#8212; Look at slide 4)<\/div>\n<div>.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is simply\u00a0amazing to see how much is Microsot investing into its online division. Based on the the latest Microsoft quarterly result published last week, the operating loss for the online services division was \u00a0$726M \u00a0in the 3rd quarter alone, and a loss \u00a0$1.8B for the current year. 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