I'm in flyover country, and I'm pretty skeptical of this. Seems to me that China, Russia, and Europe are focused on "rolling their own" so to speak--especially

I'm in flyover country, and I'm pretty skeptical of this. Seems to me that China, Russia, and Europe are focused on "rolling their own" so to speak--especially after the Snowden leaks. China has already made a lot of progress on that front. India will probably join the party if the visa/offshoring pipeline dries up. If the big 4/5/6 finally end up with some viable international competition, I don't think minting more tech startups is a particularly good long-term plan.