Dot-Com to Dot-Bomb

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     The race to dominate the world of online networking management a race or a bubble as some call it that went from around 1995 to 2001. The day that the bubble burst is debated but the common answer between the professor and the guest lecturers seemed to be March of 2000. To depict this era of history Professor Andrew LaRell Fry brought a bunch of plastic dinosaurs to class to have them show the race with each one of the dinosaurs representing different companies such as AOL, Prodigy CompuServe, and so on. During the presentation he highlighted how some of the companies got a quick start while others slowly progressed, this showed how some companies were bigger and stronger than others and grew faster. They all seemed to be making progress and getting closer and closer to the finish line until the bomb happened. The bomb that destroyed nearly every company, it did not spare any competitor regardless of how much progress they had made, though some did survive they were few and far between. The reason for the dinosaurs I believe was for a few reasons, one they were the apex predators the unbeatable monsters who dominated everything when they were around. However, the most likely reason that he chose dinosaurs is that they were wiped out in an instance regardless of how invincible they seemed. In the dot com boom, many companies were developed that seemed to be so large and powerful that nothing could stop them, but the truth is no matter how strong you are you can still be destroyed. This lesson is huge in terms of the reminder that you always should have a backup plan, nothing is invincible and most importantly reaffirmed that saying that you should never rest on your laurels or let your guard down.

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