http://www.wikinomics.com/blog/index.php/2007/10/29/one-voice-that-says-that-microsoft-underpaid-for-facebook/ Exploring How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything Sun, 28 Aug 2011 14:21:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.wikinomics.com/blog/index.php/2007/10/29/one-voice-that-says-that-microsoft-underpaid-for-facebook/comment-page-1/#comment-95223 Wikinomics » Blog Archive » I think this is worse than your boss not returning your emails Tue, 12 Feb 2008 20:26:12 +0000 http://204.15.36.163:8080/blog/index.php/2007/10/29/one-voice-that-says-that-microsoft-underpaid-for-facebook/#comment-95223 [...] think this is worse than your boss not returning your emails After his rather large investment in Facebook, Bill Gates has abandoned his [...] [...] think this is worse than your boss not returning your emails After his rather large investment in Facebook, Bill Gates has abandoned his [...]

]]> http://www.wikinomics.com/blog/index.php/2007/10/29/one-voice-that-says-that-microsoft-underpaid-for-facebook/comment-page-1/#comment-43788 Edward Charvet Tue, 30 Oct 2007 12:43:08 +0000 http://204.15.36.163:8080/blog/index.php/2007/10/29/one-voice-that-says-that-microsoft-underpaid-for-facebook/#comment-43788 If I read this right, is the arguement that Microsoft pay $240m to "keep the hype" building in Facebook on the assumption that that will attract more people and therefore more ad dollars. If Mircosoft is the biggest spender on ad revenues in Facebook and the biggest investor, can the hype + increased ad revenue generate a sensible return?? If I read this right, is the arguement that Microsoft pay $240m to “keep the hype” building in Facebook on the assumption that that will attract more people and therefore more ad dollars. If Mircosoft is the biggest spender on ad revenues in Facebook and the biggest investor, can the hype + increased ad revenue generate a sensible return??

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