[cyanydeez]

The second dotcom era was basically giving away product until you have a monopoly.

Really isn't hard to imagine a company trying to make a software happen by generating an environment around it.

[rkagerer]

How many of those companies are still around? It takes more than just dollars to build a vibrant and robust ecosystem.

[cyanydeez]

Twitter _seems_ to be stil around and if buying the election is a successful investment, they were "successful".

Microsoft did this also.

It happens often.

[NewLogic]

Uber is still the market leader. They were practically giving away taxi services for a long time.