You have a point. But, facebook makes NO money at this time, has about 400 employees and Microsoft estimates its values at 15 billion dollars. I simply think this is nuts. Maybe I am too old with 30, but I have never even been to facebook.
It will be interesting to see if facebook, youtube and alike websites will ever generate enough earnings to cover the costs they were bought for. Just because 50 million people know a website, it does not mean it makes money automatically. Olaf On 1/17/08 11:37 AM, "Peter (MySQL List)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, 17 Jan 2008 11:07:19 -0500 > Olaf Stein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I am still amazed by the fact that youtube "is worth" 1.5 billion and >> MySQL AB barely 1 billion. Did they sell under price? Or does Google >> just have way to much many to spend/waste? >> > > On Thu, 17 Jan 2008 10:14:36 -0600 > "Jay Blanchard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Or that Facebook is 'worth' multiple billions when they do not really >> have a way to make money yet. >> > > Uh, you both have to be kidding comparing MySQL with Youtube and > Facebook, right? > I'm not saying the $1 billion for MySQL was the right price, I believe > it was a bargain for Sun but you are comparing apples and > oranges. > > Go out on the street and ask people if they ever heard of these three. > I bet you a few people will know MySQL, a lot will know Facebook and > everybody will know Youtube. > > Youtube and Facebook are websites, visited by millions of people every > day. That's what makes it it's value, future and present > advertisements. > > YouTube was even used by CNN for the Republican and Democratic debates. > > Did you ever hear of MySQL on TV, anywhere? > ----------------------------------------- Confidentiality Notice: The following mail message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. The recipient is responsible to maintain the confidentiality of this information and to use the information only for authorized purposes. If you are not the intended recipient (or authorized to receive information for the intended recipient), you are hereby notified that any review, use, disclosure, distribution, copying, printing, or action taken in reliance on the contents of this e-mail is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. Thank you. -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
