> Even better is that they start in Texas Which at the time was referred to as the "Silicon Prairie". I still remember my Dad working for Control Data and he t

> Even better is that they start in Texas Which at the time was referred to as the "Silicon Prairie". I still remember my Dad working for Control Data and he travelled frequently back and forth between Minnesota and Texas. I also remember a lot of conversations my parents had first about moving to Texas and then later moving out to CA when SV really took off. We never moved, but during those years when tech really took off, he was constantly being recruited by companies in the valley.