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Without any intention to offend Americans, I must admit I am very suprised Google, Facebook, Twitter, and a good bunch of recent, lesser-known leaders are US ba
by ez77 15y ago
Without any intention to offend Americans, I must admit I am very suprised Google, Facebook, Twitter, and a good bunch of recent, lesser-known leaders are US based. It feels like in a snap a lot of similar companies (maybe hiring American and British staff for PR and marketing) could very well come from India, Israel, Brazil, China, etc. (Skype used to be a notable exception.)
- fraserharris 15y agoAnd this is why people constantly talk about "Silicon Valley of X", but still no-one comes close to Silicon Valley. Its a myth that these internet-scale firms are easy to build. Sure you could build a site that replicates the functionality for a few thousand people, but to make it scale takes a lot more resources that aren't readily available anywhere else on earth.