IP: RE: WSJ says dot-com crash will be FAR worse

[David Farber <dave@farber.net>]

>Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2001 18:03:03 -0800
>From: <truth101@uswest.net>
>
>prof farber -
>i have the highest respect for you and i have enjoyed many benefits from
>receiving the IP mailing for the past 5 years.
>
>i was dismayed at your re-posting of a sf real-estate story under the guise of
>an industry obituary.
>
>as a former top exec in an "IT professional services firm", i helped open 
>an sf
>office for our expanding company in 1999.  the rapacious realtors played the
>start-ups like a violin, extracting unconscionable sums for shabby spaces.
>
>well, the laws of karma (or newton's if you prefer) are not revokable. we are
>seeing the inevitable reaction throughout the economy.
>
>however, the woes of the bay area real estate barons crying about the gravy
>train comming to an end should not - IMHO - not be presented as the death 
>knell
>for the new economy.
>
>it is sensationalistic and ahistorical.
>
>thank you for considering my opinion and thank you for the many riches of IP
>which far outweigh the minor and infrequent flaws.
>
>~bob treuber
>truth101@qwest.net
>bob@rainagency.com



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