The New York Times offers "lessons" from the "dot-com experience" in a Sunday article by Claudia Deutsch.

• Being a Luddite is bad, but being a technophile can be worse.
  
• There is a difference between red tape and necessary procedures.
  
• Speed can connote efficiency as well as recklessness.
  
• Employee loyalty isn't an outdated concept.
  
• It is often easy to do more with less.
  
• The Internet may not be a great business model, but it is a great business tool.
  
• Managers must value e'lan and encourage optimism.