I don't think so. California's non-compete attitude is part of what helped Shockley Semiconductor get started, and that same attitude is what allowed the "trait

I don't think so. California's non-compete attitude is part of what helped Shockley Semiconductor get started, and that same attitude is what allowed the "traitorous eight" to leave there and start Fairchild Semiconductor. And it's also what helped Andy Grove et. al. leave Fairchild and start Intel. Had these companies been located elsewhere, it's entirely possible their former employers would have gone after them, preventing those companies from going on to have the influence they did.