Not all.... (Score 1)

It's wrong to group all dot coms into the same bunch.. There are those dot coms that had whimsical business plans (or none at all) and never made a dime, spending too much money on sales and marketing and HR, and there are still TONS of smaller/non-public dot coms that are making $250k-$5M a year in profit that have ridden out the storm. They're perhaps smaller, but smarter, and wiser having seen how things can come and go. Not all dot coms are shitty - the internet still offers business opportunities that cannot be had in "the real world". As for dot com millionaires, perhaps those who sold sites to larger companies, - who are you to tell someone whether or not they "deserved" it? Do you get to define what "deserved" means? There will always be the haves and the have nots and the have nots will always be bitter and disgruntled at the haves, so get over it. Someone that builds a business and gets richer than you deserves it. If they make bad investment decisions and lose their money etc, you shouldn't disparage them to make yourself feel better - lots of petty, bitter people here!