[arjunnarayan]

In terms of lowered opportunity costs, yes. In terms of selling services that lower other peoples costs, yes. (In boom times, they might have other priorities. To quote pg, Amazon didn't become Amazon by buying the cheapest servers. But right now, they might be persuaded into buying your new cheap servers.) Really, its just the mainstream media waking up to what pg has been saying for the last six months.

[josefresco]

Mainstream media isn't waking up, they're just trying to find something to write about and are using an effective formula. Take something that is effecting almost everyone (economy woes), and then factor in something that people want (a new career/dream job) and Bob's-your-uncle you got yourself an article that people will read (and you can sell ads on).