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Silicon Valley will remain to the IT industry what Wall Street is for the commerce. It is the peak, the absolute peak of humanity's IT pursuits. I am not Amer
by m23khan 8y ago
Silicon Valley will remain to the IT industry what Wall Street is for the commerce.
It is the peak, the absolute peak of humanity's IT pursuits.
I am not American, nor live in US and never been or worked in/for Silicon Valley and yet this is how I feel about it. Sure, there are good times and bad times but just like wallstreet has remained global champion of the commercial world, so will SV. I have zero doubts about it.
- eerwrq 8y ago>Silicon Valley will remain to the IT industry what Wall Street is for the commerce. Yes, it will remain a metonym. > I am not American, nor live in US and never been or worked in/for Silicon Valley and yet this is how I feel about it. All that means is the area has done a good job of branding itself.
- engi_nerd 8y agoThis sounds like an article of faith. Do you really want to have faith in a place that is likely ephemeral? People once had this same degree of faith in the technology corridor of New Jersey.
- NTDF9 8y ago> People once had this same degree of faith in the technology corridor of New Jersey. Or a more sinister example: Detroit