Dot-com bubble effect on economy

This is the second article in a series reflecting on the Internet at For the first article, click here. 

As the new millennium began, greed, ignorance, and misplaced hopes within the tech world nearly destroyed the financial potential for the internet.  But as described by Harlan Lebo, author of Days: How Four Events in Shaped America (Amazon,Barnes & Noble), the real message that emerged after the dot-com bubble burst had even more important implications for the role of the internet as an enduring global force.

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“When will the Internet Bubble burst?” For scores of 'Net upstarts, that unpleasant popping sound is likely to be heard before the end of this year.”

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