>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 ne

>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.