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Dot-Com Craze Peaked 10 Years Ago This Week

Posted by kdawson on from the irrational-exuberance dept.

netbuzz writes "When the NASDAQ stock index hit its all-time high of 5,133 on March 10, 2000, it had more than doubled in a year and the dot-com bubble was already leaking in a big way. A week later the NASDAQ had fallen 9 percent. A year later it was below 2000. Gone were such poster children of the era as Pets.com, Kozmo, and — who could forget? — Whoopi Goldberg's Flooz. Here's a look back."

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  1. I'm just waiting on this .info thing to peak by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    GoDaddy said these .info domains were the future! And they let me have one for the low low price of $1.99!

  2. Ha, My .com artifacts lasted longer... by nweaver · · Score: 5, Funny

    I still have, in my office, my pets.com sock puppet (still in box), the business cards for Petopia.com's CEO and CFO, my webvan box, and most precious, the receipt for 1 pack of lifesavers (5 flavor, $.48) delivered by Webvan for no-charge.

    Ahh, those were good times...

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    1. Re:Ha, My .com artifacts lasted longer... by longacre · · Score: 5, Funny

      1 pack of lifesavers (5 flavor, $.48) delivered by Webvan for no-charge.

      The dotcom implosion can actually be traced back to this particular transaction. Way to go.

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  3. WE ARE STILL ROCK STARS! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    I am a Ruby on Rails developer, and I AM A ROCK STAR. You think you know CRUD? Nuh uh! Me, RoR and ActiveRecord will kick your pathetic ass, because not only are we ROCK STARS, but we are CODE NINJAS.

    See my fedora? Yeah, you do, bitch. It shows I'm real. I'm only 18 and haven't been to university, and my startup has no real customers, but me and AJAX will whoop your ass and make you worship DHH.

    BRING IT.

  4. Re:Where were YOU when the bomb dropped? by spun · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm pretty sure that I was head of IT for a non-profit medical marijuana club in San Francisco.

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  5. Re:Kozmo.com by ClosedSource · · Score: 4, Funny

    But now we have companies with down-to-earth business plans - like twitter.

  6. Re:Programmers where like Rock Stars... by Sponge+Bath · · Score: 4, Funny

    I entered college in Fall 2009...Fast forward to Fall 2003 when I graduated...

    Back to the future!