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Discussion on: Which computer era would have been the most exciting to take part in?

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Vincent Grovestine

Can we carry our current knowledge of history back in time with us?

If so, then I would go back to 1998/99'ish, just before the dot-com craze: Invest every penny I have, accumulate great wealth, pull my money out before the industry crashes in 2000, and then retire young! :)

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Ben Halpern

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Thomas H Jones II

I'd have taken the position AOL offered rather than the one SGI offered (January of 1997 was a busy month). The employee stock options AOL was offering turned out to be worth so much more than either the salary-differential or "day to day job-interest" were.