It begins, the downfall of current Web 2.0 sites

The current US financial situation has claimed a victim in the Web 2.0 world — Uber . I’m not sure if this is the first significant name, but it will not be the last site running MySQL where investors will be quick to cut losses and move on.

Uber.com falls due to the US Financial crisis situation

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