Dot-Com Craze Peaked 10 Years Ago This Week 192
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."
I'm just waiting on this .info thing to peak (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!
So does anyone want to buy (Score:3, Funny)
dot com business model (no, not the ??? one) (Score:4, Funny)
Let's sell dimes for a nickel and make it up in volume......
Ha, My .com artifacts lasted longer... (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...
Re:So does anyone want to buy (Score:3, Funny)
Sorry, no deal. My pets.com new-in-box sockpuppet is part of the centerpiece of my collection...
Re:Being naive, I lost a lot of money that year (Score:2, Funny)
Hey, can you let us know when and where you're investing next? I need to know what to sell.
Re:Ha, My .com artifacts lasted longer... (Score:5, Funny)
The dotcom implosion can actually be traced back to this particular transaction. Way to go.
WE ARE STILL ROCK STARS! (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.
Re:the dotcom boom (Score:4, Funny)
Where is this wonderful meritocracy you live in, and can I move there?
Re:Programmers where like Rock Stars... (Score:3, Funny)
Rockstars? Oh yeah? Where were my groupies?
Re:Where were YOU when the bomb dropped? (Score:5, Funny)
I'm pretty sure that I was head of IT for a non-profit medical marijuana club in San Francisco.
Re:Kozmo.com (Score:5, Funny)
But now we have companies with down-to-earth business plans - like twitter.
Re:Ha, My .com artifacts lasted longer... (Score:3, Funny)
You're welcome!
Seriously, the office of grad students I was in, we made it our DUTY to help the dumb net companies implode. EG, we were really really good at exploiting ValueAmerica, and everytime Webvan had 2L bottles of diet coke on special, we'd order a ton delivered to our door...
Re:Where were YOU when the bomb dropped? (Score:3, Funny)
Pretty sure?
Must have been some good sh!t...
Re:Kozmo.com (Score:2, Funny)
And newspapers.
Did you mean to make this plural?
Re:Programmers where like Rock Stars... (Score:5, Funny)
I entered college in Fall 2009...Fast forward to Fall 2003 when I graduated...
Back to the future!
Re:Programmers where like Rock Stars... (Score:3, Funny)
Are you sure? :P
Y2K bug (Score:3, Funny)
Re:the dotcom boom (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Kozmo.com (Score:3, Funny)
I'm not sure I like the idea of an airline with a down-to-earth business plan.