Depends. If you won big on a gold/oil/internet strike you were much, much better off buying as many shovels you could at any price and mining for all you were

Depends. If you won big on a gold/oil/internet strike you were much, much better off buying as many shovels you could at any price and mining for all you were worth. Selling shovels is a reliable, lower risk business for a while. But Sun/SGI/Cray/Dell/Nortel/etc show the risks that come with relying on shovel income.