Huh? The companies mentioned were Microsoft and Cisco, two companies that were and are profitable. The "this time is different" was dismissing the idea that som

Huh? The companies mentioned were Microsoft and Cisco, two companies that were and are profitable. The "this time is different" was dismissing the idea that somehow growth is unbounded for this new crop of companies. No one mentioned the tech bubble of 2000ish or claimed that no one could build a sustainable tech company.