http://dangerouslyawesome.disqus.com/enFri, 02 Nov 2007 08:27:53 -0000http://dangerouslyawesome.com/2007/10/15-billion-freaking-dollars/#comment-6904222<p>No, Marc...it was a 1.6%.</p><p><br></p><p>the $15B VALUATION is an extrapolation of 240,000,000 (note, million) being 1.6% of the total value.</p><p><br></p><p>My simple math (and remember, I suck at math and you are an engineer at Verizon) says that $15,000,000,000 * .016 = $240,000,000.</p><p><br></p><p>But that doesn't mean the numbers are any more effed up. :-)</p>alexknowshtmlFri, 02 Nov 2007 08:27:53 -0000http://dangerouslyawesome.com/2007/10/15-billion-freaking-dollars/#comment-6904221<p>Microsoft bought a 16% stake. 240/.16=1500.</p>MarcFri, 02 Nov 2007 07:55:11 -0000http://dangerouslyawesome.com/2007/10/15-billion-freaking-dollars/#comment-6904219<p>Great analogy! BTW, I'm still waiting for that Gmail IMAP... I look forward to hearing about any issues you run into.</p>tmarkiewiczThu, 25 Oct 2007 09:32:52 -0000