@HollywoodDog
Much of the technology developed for Bing ends up in other commercial products and benefits their entire product line. Search in the desktop, server, SharePoint. Intention analysis and speach are also developed through Bing.
It doesn't make money directly but it's beneficial for MS as a whole. Not nearly the defensive strategy many consider it to be.
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