Comment by fnordpiglet
4 hours ago
The start of the dot com boom I would mark at August 1995 when Netscape’s IPO was the most successful IPO to that date.
But really I mark it with the IETF RFC 1290 “There’s Gold In Them Thar Networks” in 1991.
But yes, the 21st century was defined in 1990’s. Everything since is derivative. I feel sad for those born after everything worth doing had been done already.
If you look at NASDAQ and investment trends, it was markedly shorter. I had charts of both up whilst writing my earlier comment.
Though yes, I'd agree that NSCP launched the mania.