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Post number 9788

Steven Den Beste — Fri, 31 Aug 2001 15:29:23 -0800

In 1999, every company worth its salt was trying to figure out how to pretend that it was a "dot com". Now even the real dot-coms who have survived and prospered (they an't all dead, you know) are trying to figure out how to pretend that they aren't really like that. It's a sign of the times.

By: Succa

Succa — Fri, 31 Aug 2001 16:53:26 -0800

This is the kind of thing that can really sour my dough, you know? The commercial side of the web is just a marketing wasteland, commandeered by the Old Guard of businessfolk...the people who think that "eCruiter.com" is a good name. It is not. The internet won't last in its current form! YOU HEARD IT HERE FIRST, FOLKS!

By: lotsofno

lotsofno — Fri, 31 Aug 2001 17:06:12 -0800

what's so bad about ecruiter? and how does fatbrain sound like a dotcom (aside from the reputation) like intranet solutions does? good post, by the way steven.

By: skallas

skallas — Fri, 31 Aug 2001 17:37:02 -0800

The hackneyed use of e or i to signify that yes we have some type of server and internet connection going. We just think they could be putting a little more work into this.

By: th3ph17

th3ph17 — Fri, 31 Aug 2001 17:47:15 -0800

ei ethink ethat eCruiter eis ea egreat ename. iDon't iyou icyber-ethink? doomed. all of them. and Dated. Though, generic words with a dotcom attached [like Pets.com] are dumber, because you can't trademark generics. Ha!

By: lotsofno

lotsofno — Fri, 31 Aug 2001 22:23:15 -0800

doh... i guess my usage of i with inthegray, which was my site based on selling nthegrays wasn't too clever... sorry if that was a plug, it was the only way i can think of using that joke...

By: BobInce

BobInce — Sun, 02 Sep 2001 01:09:26 -0800

All the post-dotcom names are so depressingly similar, too. Invariably a meaningless conglomeration of syllables ending in 'ent' or 'ant' or 'eo' that some marketer thinks invokes 'reliability' or 'customer-friendliness' when in reality it just means you can't remember which company is which. (own company went through exactly the same thing. sigh.)