even before that, by some accounts I hear the reason VCs over invested in dot com was primarily because they saw something that could not easily usurped by Micr

even before that, by some accounts I hear the reason VCs over invested in dot com was primarily because they saw something that could not easily usurped by Microsoft by releasing their own sh*tty copy. so they all piled in and then bubble dynamics took over. story as old as internet itself!