The point you quoted was about the US tech producing several behemoths in the turn of the century. As of today, no later company in your list is on the path of

The point you quoted was about the US tech producing several behemoths in the turn of the century. As of today, no later company in your list is on the path of competing with the best of that generation. You decided to read that point as an appeal to EU-US banter-if-not-chauvinism, I'm afraid that's not really a discussion I'm interested in having on HN.