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The DotCom Crash Revisited

woginuk writes "At 9:00pm GMT today , it will be exactly 5 years since the Nasdaq reached its highest level, 5048.62. From there on it has been downhill all the way. Most of us have been affected by it, one way or the other. The Guardian has a story looking back on the moment and succeeding events."

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  1. And it's all Bush's fault by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Even though it happened before he took office, or the elections, or even the nomination. Damn him for ruining the economy!

  2. Get out! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    ""At 9:00pm GMT today , it will be exactly 5 years since the Nasdaq reached its highest level, 5048.62. From there on it has been downhill all the way. Most of us have been affected by it, one way or the other."*

    And we're still waiting for all the "Wrong people" to leave our profession. Leaving more room for those deserving it.

    *And ten years from now, we'll still be blaming everything bad in the world on it.

  3. only the crappy developers by the_2nd_coming · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    and the ones dumb enough to get a job at a start up tech company are/were affected.

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    I am the Alpha and the Omega-3
  4. Re:Around this time 2000... by zensmile · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    It's funny, when I read slashdot (vaguely/possibly political) articles these days I do a search on the page to see how many people are posting about Bush. There is almost always one or more. I am about tired of everything being Bush's fault. You folks need a new mantra.

  5. Re:Real Estate Bubble - Stock Bubble by ahdeoz · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Thanks you your neighbor paying 10 times what you paid, the government increased your tax accordingly. Don't miss a payment. And make sure you don't have standing water for seven days or some punk will come and steal your land from you in the name of the goverment, if some other punk doesn't steal it first to build a parking lot or monorail over it. Your lock & stock are barreling away as we speak. How much of your land has the city claimed for easements, and how much have they taken already? How many zoning restrictions have they put in place?