Are We In A Tech Bubble? Here's The History [INFOGRAPHIC]

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Mashable has offered facts and opinions on both sides of the question. We've heard that the current boom is much different from the heyday of the late 1990s and that we have cause for confidence.

But we've also heard (from the likes of legendary investor Warren Buffet, no less) that the newest crop of tech darlings are highly overvalued at worst and unpredictable at best.

And we've even asked you, our readers, what you thought about current startup valuations and funding amounts. (Most of you responded that you were not optimistic about the future of the tech startup ecosystem.)

Now here are a few straightforward graphs and charts (created by KISSmetrics and FeeFighters) to help you get some better perspective on the issue. Clearly, the dotcom era was a different beast. But looking back on that insanity should help temper our excitement about new technologies with realistic revenue expectations.

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