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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