I know this is not off topic, it applies perfectly!
http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,35747,00.html
"The head of a major Internet consulting firm predicts that many dot-com companies will soon be exposed for what they really are: hollow, half-baked schemes without much hope for long-term success."
"Many of the dot-com CEOs lacked depth, experience, and common business sense,"
"There was a fanatical focus on valuation -- getting public and liquid -- while value -- what the customer eventually gets -- was a back-seat discussion."
"These companies are not built to withstand competition, they're not built to deliver sustained value, and they're not built to last,"