The dot-com disaster story that was boo.com is well-known, a cautionary tale of excess and the inevitability of bubbles bursting (Wikipedia has a nice summary if you’ve forgotten the details). But now it looks like there really could be a re-launch.
There’s a holding page up at boo.com proclaiming: "The boo is back! ….Boo.com is back and a new site will be launched in 2006."
David Galbraith is scathing in his assessment of the prospect and says that the re-launch will be in June, while John Collins says he traced ownership of the website to a woman in Dublin.
My thoughts? To quote Larry David’s on-screen wife for the second time today "Why would you do that…?" I just don’t understand, other than the fact that there will be a lot press interest in a revived boo.com.
Anyhow, dust off those cargo pants and oil your micro-scooters – it’s 1999 again, apparently.
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