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Amazon Makes a Profit

Posted by chrisd on from the satan-ordered-a-book-on-freezing-hell-apparently dept.

sofar writes: "Amazon finally makes a profit. Well, only $ 5mln, but maybe you can actually earn something on your stock now. At 1c a share it's no pension fund in Florida yet." I wonder how much of that profit represents 1-click licensing fees.

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  1. What to do with the riches? by Mahtar · · Score: 4, Funny

    At 5c a share it's no pension fund in Florida yet

    No, but I hear Enron is looking for buyers.

  2. Congratulations! by kitts · · Score: 5, Funny

    Of course, if you gave me billions of dollars in venture capital I could probably find a way to give you back $5 million too.

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  3. Jaded? by The+Good+Reverend · · Score: 5, Funny

    I wonder how much of that profit represents 1-click licensing fees.

    Jaded? Party of one? Your table's ready...

  4. Darn... by Mike+Schiraldi · · Score: 4, Funny

    I would have submitted this first, but i was hit by a flying pig on the way to my computer..

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  5. Re:Ladies and Gentlemen... by SilentChris · · Score: 5, Funny
    ...and thank freaking God for that. Hasn't anybody else been the least bit scared at the lack of Internet growth lately? For years I told friends that I was proud to be part of this new technology, whether it be a cornerstone of the economy or not. However, these past two years I've kind of shrugged off the comments "Bet that Computer Science degree is worth a bunch now!"

    All it took was some good old common sense. Stop spending money you don't have. Price-cut, but don't price-cut to the point that you knock your company out. Lay off the cheap sock-puppet gimmicks.

    The analysts are wrong: it is a new economy. It's just that the same old rules still apply.

  6. Re:Porn by foobar104 · · Score: 5, Funny

    When sites like drbizzaro.com and its partners give away so much product for free...

    That sound you hear is the drbizzaro.com web server exploding into a gazillion pieces.