The darlings of Wall Street until March of this year, dot-com companies have fallen on hard times, with countless Internet businesses going belly-up or seeing their market value plummet. What do you think of the struggles of the New Economy?

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  You mean I can no longer expect to enjoy a grossly overinflated market cap for my unprofitable, $200-million-in-debt Internet start-up? That's not fair!

  Larry Barnett
  Entrepreneur

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  Oh, no! I could cyberlose e-millions of virtual dollars and end up in thepoorhouse.com!

  Lisa Spizer
  Day Trader

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  Dot-com is so 1999. I'm putting all my money into dot-org stocks.

  Bill Vander Heyden
  Roofer

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  I met my wife on the Internet, and she's been going way down in value lately.

  Ted Singerle
  Systems Analyst

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  So maybe enthusiasm for the commercial viability of the Internet is waning. But I defy you to find a better medium in which to have tea with Hello Kitty.

  Irene Rudden
  Caterer

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  Looks like yet another megatrend has come and gone without affecting me in any way whatsoever.

  Ned Huang
  Dishwasher