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Re:Stop comparing this to the 2000 bubble by seiji on Sunday November 03, 2013 @12:10PM (#6663975)
But, tech is even different-er now.

Go back to 1999 and build a website supporting a million concurrent users. How much hardware do you need? What are your fixed costs? What are your engineering costs? How do you even market your thing?

Now do the same today.

What's different?

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Re:Stop comparing this to the 2000 bubble by yongjik on Sunday November 03, 2013 @03:43PM (#6664955)
The hardware cost is low, as is the barrier to entrance. And the users' expectation is higher.

To attract today's users, you still have to be better than your competitor's website. The fact you can easily build a website for millions doesn't mean it will actually see millions of visitors.

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