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Non-Tech : Tulipomania Blowoff Contest: Why and When will it end?
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To: Sir Auric Goldfinger who started this subject11/20/2000 3:00:20 PM
From: KeepItSimple  Read Replies (2) of 3543
 
LOL! Now here's a real side splitter

zdnet.com

Someone has probably gone out of business while you are reading this sentence, as the failure rate for Internet companies is gaining steam.

Most of the companies are not being snapped up by better-established or more traditional competitors because they simply have no assets -- such as an audience base, a brand or proprietary technology -- worth buying, Webmergers found.

There could even be an element of sadism in the lack of acquisition interest from bricks-and-mortar companies, the study found. "It might be just more fun for bricks and mortar companies to watch these dot-coms die," one analyst told Webmergers.
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