August 31, 2001
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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.
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.
posted by lotsofno at 5:06 PM on August 31, 2001
and how does fatbrain sound like a dotcom (aside from the reputation) like intranet solutions does?
good post, by the way steven.
posted by lotsofno at 5:06 PM on August 31, 2001
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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!
posted by th3ph17 at 5:47 PM on August 31, 2001
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!
posted by th3ph17 at 5:47 PM on August 31, 2001
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...
posted by lotsofno at 10:23 PM on August 31, 2001
sorry if that was a plug, it was the only way i can think of using that joke...
posted by lotsofno at 10:23 PM on August 31, 2001
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.)
posted by BobInce at 1:09 AM on September 2, 2001
(own company went through exactly the same thing. sigh.)
posted by BobInce at 1:09 AM on September 2, 2001
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The internet won't last in its current form! YOU HEARD IT HERE FIRST, FOLKS!
posted by Succa at 4:53 PM on August 31, 2001