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1、dotconthegreateststoryeversoldjohncassidyacknowledgmentsIwouldliketothankeverybodywhohelpedmetowriteDot.con.AtHarperCollins:DavidHirshey,JeffKellogg,CathyHemming,AdrianZackheim,CindyAchar.AtTheNewYorker:DavidRemnick,DorothyWickenden,PamMcCarthy,HenryFin
2、der,JohnBennet,and,especially,CressidaLeyshon.AttheWylieAgency:AndrewWylieandJeffreyPosternak.Thanksalsoto:KatherineZoepf,forcheckingfactsandcompilingthefootnotes;GregKyle,atPegasusResearch,forcompilingthefiguresintheappendix;AliceRose,forinspiringthetit
3、le.Thematerialinthisbookisdrawnfromacombi-nationoffirsthandreporting,governmenteconomicstatistics,SECfilings,corporatepressreleases,contemporarynewspaperandmaga-zinestories,researchreports,academicperiodicals,andbooks.When-everpractical,Ihavetriedtoindica
4、tetherelevantsources.Alltheopinionsexpressedaremyown.Thisbookisdedicatedtomyparents,JohnandJulieCassidy.contentsacknowledgementsepigraphprologue1chapter1frommemextoworldwideweb9chapter2popularcapitalism25chapter3informationsuperhighway37chapter4netscape
5、51chapter5thestockmarket66chapter6ipo76chapter7yahoo!89chapter8battleforthe’net104chapter9irrationalexuberance118chapter10amazon.com135chapter11theneweconomy150chapter12amediabubble166chapter13greenspan’sgreenlight182chapter14euphoria191chapter15queenof
6、the’net206chapter16tradingnation221chapter17webdreams235chapter18warningsigns249chapter19thefedstrikes264chapter20crash279chapter21deaddotcoms295epilogue313notes327appendix347abouttheauthorcreditsaboutthepublisherfrontcoverimagecopyright“Evergetthefeeli
7、ngyou’vebeencheated?”—JohnnyRottenprologueOneofthestrangethingsabouthistoryishowcertainperiodsfromlongagocanseemrecent,whilesomeeventsthatjusthappened,rela-tivelyspeaking,canappearancient.Asthesewordsarebeingwritten,PresidentGeorgeW.Bushhasdeclaredwaron
8、terrorism,andAmer-icanwarplanesareheadingforCentralAsia.SuddenlytheColdWar,withitsattendantundercurrentoffear,feelsalotcloser,whilethecarefree1990sseemlikeadistantage.Itistooearlytojudgetheulti-matehistoricsignificanceoftheterrori