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You made the claim "No one was making money on the Internet" which is now "No one but eBay and maybe others", and PG made the claim about Yahoo with no proof in that article (maybe he gave the proof somewhere else)?

All I am asking for is some references for these extraordinary claims, otherwise I am going to assume it is "possibly true" folklore.

I enjoyed the 90's BTW.

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Cognitive dissonance. Look at the survival rate of Internet companies that were around then and of those that continued to exist after the dotcom bubble. Then subtract from that the number of companies that survived but weren't turning any profits, consistently.

Or learn how to use Google and pay attention to information that is handed to you.

Your tone is exceedingly cocksure and brash.

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