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Air Canada isn't a global company. It's a flag carrier for Canada only. The rest is wishful thinking. Building an industry isn't just top down (all the braggy
by ryanobjc 10y ago
Air Canada isn't a global company. It's a flag carrier for Canada only.
The rest is wishful thinking. Building an industry isn't just top down (all the braggy stuff was about top down), the bottom up stuff is critical and important.
Good luck with it. But I feel like while the research might be OK, the commercialization will come out of the bay area anyways. There just isn't enough quality people to do this in Canada.
- mablap 10y agoWhat do you mean by "bottom up" in this context? They mention having a lot of researchers (grunts) and now a brand new startup accelerator. > There just isn't enough quality people to do this in Canada. Do you really believe that would be the cause?
- rocky1138 10y agoI believe he/she means that, while it's important to have quality infrastructure in place (fun locations, decent food, good pipes) to support startups and tech, it's absolutely critical to have a small group of hackers which actually DO things. Otherwise it's just theatre. The jury is still out on whether one comes before the other or vise versa.