Australia’s second dot com boom is here

[Don McKenzie]

“Australia’s entrepreneurs have long lamented that if you really want to create a successful global technology startup
that you have to leave Australia and go to Silicon Valley. It’s just too hard to do startups in Australia, they say. The
market is too small, there’s no big tech companies doing real product development here (it’s just Sales and Marketing),
the government doesn’t support tech startups well enough … Well guess what? I think that the tide has turned and that
Australia is about to become one of the next hotspots for startups.”

http://delimiter.com.au/2011/02/18/australias-second-dot-com-boom-is-here/

Cheers Don...

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[Rod Speed]

Don McKenzie wrote

“Australia’s entrepreneurs have long lamented that if you really want
to create a successful global technology startup that you have to
leave Australia and go to Silicon Valley. It’s just too hard to do
startups in Australia, they say. The market is too small, there’s no
big tech companies doing real product development here (it’s just
Sales and Marketing), the government doesn’t support tech startups
well enough … Well guess what? I think that the tide has turned and
that Australia is about to become one of the next hotspots for startups.”

Bet it isnt.

> http://delimiter.com.au/2011/02/18/australias-second-dot-com-boom-is-here/

 

[terryc]

Don McKenzie wrote:

Well guess what? I think that the tide has turned and that Australia is
about to become one of the next hotspots for startups.”

hahahahahahahahaha. this is like the two million time I've read that.

 

[Bruce Varley]

"Don McKenzie" <5V@2.5A> wrote in message
news:8sajnkFr5cU1@mid.individual.net...

“Australia’s entrepreneurs have long lamented that if you really want to
create a successful global technology startup that you have to leave
Australia and go to Silicon Valley. It’s just too hard to do startups in
Australia, they say. The market is too small, there’s no big tech
companies doing real product development here (it’s just Sales and
Marketing), the government doesn’t support tech startups well enough …
Well guess what? I think that the tide has turned and that Australia is
about to become one of the next hotspots for startups.”

http://delimiter.com.au/2011/02/18/australias-second-dot-com-boom-is-here/

Cheers Don...

There was a 'background briefing' on ABC a couple of years ago on, IIRC, the
growing power of the search engines. A goon from Sensis stated that Sensis
was going to get influentual enough to overpower and outrate google.

 

[John Tserkezis]

Don McKenzie wrote:

“Australia’s entrepreneurs have long lamented that if you really want to
create a successful global technology startup that you have to leave
Australia and go to Silicon Valley. It’s just too hard to do startups in
Australia, they say. The market is too small, there’s no big tech
companies doing real product development here (it’s just Sales and
Marketing), the government doesn’t support tech startups well enough …
Well guess what? I think that the tide has turned and that Australia is
about to become one of the next hotspots for startups.”
http://delimiter.com.au/2011/02/18/australias-second-dot-com-boom-is-here/

Oh goodie. Does that mean we get to have another bust after his one
dies too?
--
WARNING ... drinking tap water can kill your thirst!

 

[terryc]

Bruce Varley wrote:

There was a 'background briefing' on ABC a couple of years ago on, IIRC, the
growing power of the search engines. A goon from Sensis stated that Sensis
was going to get influentual enough to overpower and outrate google.

Yep, that is why we see senis maps everywhere online.
Sigh, not a chance as Sensis is run by Telstra and we know how they
price gouge

 

[John Tserkezis]

David L. Jones wrote:

Oh goodie. Does that mean we get to have another bust after his one
dies too?

The first one was a hoot.
Many people learned that share prices can always get lower - to ZERO!

People's impression of that surprised me too, even if on stock prices
alone. They all acknowledge that you win some, you lose some, but on
average, you're "guaranteed" to win.

My take on tech boom was, in the day, anyone who said anything with the
word "computer" in it, meant huge quantities of money. Investors
finally got fed up with feeding money into ventures that appeared to be
going no-where, and, since said ventures became structured to use new
investors as a source of income (they weren't doing anything productive
themselves) they went bust. Shock horror, didn't see that one coming.

Did anyone learn anything from this? I don't think so. Perhaps
they're still smarting from that last hit and might be a little more
cautious, but I don't think they've learned anything.
--
The rich get richer; the poor get babies.

 

[David L. Jones]

On Feb 20, 12:36 pm, "Bruce Varley" <b...@NoSpam.com> wrote:

"Don McKenzie" <5...@2.5A> wrote in message

news:8sajnkFr5cU1@mid.individual.net...

Australia s entrepreneurs have long lamented that if you really want to
create a successful global technology startup that you have to leave
Australia and go to Silicon Valley. It s just too hard to do startups in
Australia, they say. The market is too small, there s no big tech
companies doing real product development here (it s just Sales and
Marketing), the government doesn t support tech startups well enough
Well guess what? I think that the tide has turned and that Australia is
about to become one of the next hotspots for startups.

http://delimiter.com.au/2011/02/18/australias-second-dot-com-boom-is-...

Cheers Don...

There was a 'background briefing' on ABC a couple of years ago on, IIRC, the
growing power of the search engines. A goon from Sensis stated that Sensis
was going to get influentual enough to overpower and outrate google.

Reminds me of a job I was offered once (during the first boom) at a
small design firm designing web terminals for hotel rooms.
The owner swore he was going to be worth more than Bill Gates, he'd
done the numbers...
And I could get in on it with massive share options being the 3rd
employee.

What was their name again...?
Oh, that's right, something like Never Even Made a Blip Pty Ltd

Dave.

 

[David L. Jones]

On Feb 20, 2:22 pm, John Tserkezis
<j...@techniciansyndrome.org.invalid> wrote:

Don McKenzie wrote:
Australia s entrepreneurs have long lamented that if you really want to
create a successful global technology startup that you have to leave
Australia and go to Silicon Valley. It s just too hard to do startups in
Australia, they say. The market is too small, there s no big tech
companies doing real product development here (it s just Sales and
Marketing), the government doesn t support tech startups well enough
Well guess what? I think that the tide has turned and that Australia is
about to become one of the next hotspots for startups.
http://delimiter.com.au/2011/02/18/australias-second-dot-com-boom-is-...

 Oh goodie.  Does that mean we get to have another bust after his one
dies too?

The first one was a hoot.
Many people learned that share prices can always get lower - to ZERO!

Dave.

 

[terryc]

John Tserkezis wrote:

Did anyone learn anything from this? I don't think so. Perhaps
they're still smarting from that last hit and might be a little more
cautious, but I don't think they've learned anything.

This sort of event occurs about every decade. Probably started happening
with the first stock exchange. There are a continual supply of suckers
that fail tohead past experiences of other people.

 

[terryc]

David L. Jones wrote:
..

And I could get in on it with massive share options being the 3rd
employee.

And don't they really get pissed when you say "I'll take the wages
instead please".

 

[John Tserkezis]

terryc wrote:

Did anyone learn anything from this? I don't think so. Perhaps
they're still smarting from that last hit and might be a little more
cautious, but I don't think they've learned anything.

This sort of event occurs about every decade. Probably started happening
with the first stock exchange. There are a continual supply of suckers
that fail tohead past experiences of other people.

The thing that irks me about stock, is that it's inherently a failed
business model.

You need a bucketload of money (someone else's) to start, and with that
alone, you make money, all the while replacing the stuff you borrowed to
do it. Aside from that, you provide no service, you provide no product,
and you have no clients.

All you need is steady stream of suckers to keep pouring money in. And
the longer you keep giving back that money (with a bit of interest) the
suckers keep coming back, not realising that this inherently unstable
model is destined to fall over every so often, and only the suckers lose
out.

Having no product wastage, no service obliged to supply, having no
clients to disappoint, AND having the government bail you out every time
you crash is one very sweet deal.
--
Six of one, 110 (base 2) of another.

 

[Rod Speed]

John Tserkezis wrote

terryc wrote

Did anyone learn anything from this? I don't think so. Perhaps
they're still smarting from that last hit and might be a little more
cautious, but I don't think they've learned anything.

This sort of event occurs about every decade. Probably started
happening with the first stock exchange. There are a continual
supply of suckers that fail tohead past experiences of other people.

The thing that irks me about stock, is that it's inherently a failed business model.

Try telling that to Gates and Brin and Forrest. Dont be TOO
surprised when they just laugh in your stupid pig ignorant face.

You need a bucketload of money (someone else's) to start,

Try telling that to Gates. Dont be TOO surprised
when he just laugh in your stupid pig ignorant face.

and with that alone, you make money, all the
while replacing the stuff you borrowed to do it.

Try telling that to Gates. Dont be TOO surprised
when he just laugh in your stupid pig ignorant face.

Aside from that, you provide no service, you
provide no product, and you have no clients.

Try telling that to Gates and Brin and Forrest. Dont be TOO
surprised when they just laugh in your stupid pig ignorant face.

All you need is steady stream of suckers to keep pouring money
in. And the longer you keep giving back that money (with a bit of
interest) the suckers keep coming back, not realising that this
inherently unstable model is destined to fall over every so often,
and only the suckers lose out.

Try telling that to Gates and Brin and Forrest. Dont be TOO
surprised when they just laugh in your stupid pig ignorant face.

Having no product wastage, no service obliged to supply,
having no clients to disappoint, AND having the government
bail you out every time you crash is one very sweet deal.

Try telling that to Gates and Brin and Forrest. Dont be TOO
surprised when they just laugh in your stupid pig ignorant face.

 

[John Tserkezis]

Rod Speed wrote:

Try telling that to Gates and Brin and Forrest. Dont be TOO
surprised when they just laugh in your stupid pig ignorant face.

Try telling that to Gates. Dont be TOO surprised
when he just laugh in your stupid pig ignorant face.

Try telling that to Gates. Dont be TOO surprised
when he just laugh in your stupid pig ignorant face.

Try telling that to Gates and Brin and Forrest. Dont be TOO
surprised when they just laugh in your stupid pig ignorant face.

Try telling that to Gates and Brin and Forrest. Dont be TOO
surprised when they just laugh in your stupid pig ignorant face.

Try telling that to Gates and Brin and Forrest. Dont be TOO
surprised when they just laugh in your stupid pig ignorant face.

Are your macro keys stuck again Rod?
--
The world is coming to an end. Please log off.

 

[Rod Speed]

John Tserkezis wrote:

Rod Speed wrote:

Try telling that to Gates and Brin and Forrest. Dont be TOO
surprised when they just laugh in your stupid pig ignorant face.

Try telling that to Gates. Dont be TOO surprised
when he just laugh in your stupid pig ignorant face.

Try telling that to Gates. Dont be TOO surprised
when he just laugh in your stupid pig ignorant face.

Try telling that to Gates and Brin and Forrest. Dont be TOO
surprised when they just laugh in your stupid pig ignorant face.

Try telling that to Gates and Brin and Forrest. Dont be TOO
surprised when they just laugh in your stupid pig ignorant face.

Try telling that to Gates and Brin and Forrest. Dont be TOO
surprised when they just laugh in your stupid pig ignorant face.

Are your macro keys stuck again Rod?

You never ever could bullshit your way out of a wet paper bag.

No surprise that they frog march you off to the loony bin so often.

 

[John Tserkezis]

Rod Speed wrote:

Try telling that to Gates and Brin and Forrest. Dont be TOO
surprised when they just laugh in your stupid pig ignorant face.

Are your macro keys stuck again Rod?

You never ever could bullshit your way out of a wet paper bag.

No surprise that they frog march you off to the loony bin so often.

Oh good, you've cleared them.
--
Justice: A decision in your favor.

 

[Rod Speed]

John Tserkezis wrote just the loony shit thats all it can ever manage.