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SHOW ME THE MONEY! Ballmer on Amazon: 'They're not a real biz, they make NO cash'

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Anyone care to explain Ballmer's math?

>if you're worth $150bn, eventually somebody thinks you're gonna make $15bn pre-tax and they make about zero

Can anyone expand on what Ballmer is saying here? By "make pre-tax" I guess he means profit, because their quarterly revenue was < $20BIL. Why should market cap. equal ten times some profit?

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