Sure. Now name any Swiss company that makes software that you heard of before. I'll wait. Switzerland is eager to compare itself to Silicon Valley as a cente

Sure. Now name any Swiss company that makes software that you heard of before. I'll wait. Switzerland is eager to compare itself to Silicon Valley as a center for education and innovation, but I have lived here for 11 years and I can tell you that that comparison is utter horse shit. Why? Because Switzerland, as a tiny neutral country, most of all lacks ambition. You can't make it as a small company with lots of ideas. You couldn't pay the salaries for talent - the talent can earn double or triple working in private banking, insurance of big pharma. Or maybe the talent already moved away since very few companies can afford to even open offices in Switzerland, or if they do, they are sales only. Google, Microsoft and IBM are the biggest exceptions in the Zurich area.