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> I'm sceptical of these "Silicon X" top-down projects which don't seem to have a great history (cf eg Silicon Roundabout); I don't know how much the governmen
by rowanajmarshall 5y ago
> I'm sceptical of these "Silicon X" top-down projects which don't seem to have a great history (cf eg Silicon Roundabout);
I don't know how much the government helped with this, but the UK has one of the largest software industries in the world, right after the US and China. It's hard to argue it hasn't worked, even if were unclear as to what "it" is
- anamax 5y agoOne definition of "worked" is "When you say Silicon {whatever}, people outside of {location of whatever} know where you're talking about." Another definition is "Famous for producing notable companies."