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On Tue, 03 Nov 2009 09:36:46 -0800, jps wrote:

Y2K scam that destroyed the chip industry?

I agree, Y2K was one of the best things that happened to the computer
industry. Lots of people who only needed a little software patch,
bought a new machine.
Most of them would have been just fine if they simply rebooted their
machine in the morning and set the date.

The problem was, once everybody bought new computers at once, they
didn't need new ones for 2 1/2 to 3 years so the bubble was bound to
burst. I had one friend in the market heavy, I warned him to pull his
"bubble" stocks and he did, he was very grateful by the end of '02. Kind
of like the cash for clunkers is gonna' do or is doing to the car
industry.

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