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Is there some kind of private-sector/public-sector "who built silicon valley" battle going on right now? See [1] 1. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=800122
by pfraze 12y ago
Is there some kind of private-sector/public-sector "who built silicon valley" battle going on right now? See [1]
1. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8001224 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8001224
EDIT: may just be coincidence, but they're pretty close together.
- Patient0 12y agoI agree it's striking that these two articles came out at the same time. Two PR firms waging battle against each other in advance of some sort of political decision?
- eli 12y agoWhich political decision? Coincidence seems more likely.
- SolarNet 12y agoThey are both true too. The government's involvement with the early history of silicon valley prompted the need for more buildings, which these guys supplied. I mean they were smart, they saw a demand and filled it, and then they got lucky when silicon valley became massively successful. I think the more interesting thing is that they are using slightly different connotations of the word built. The government "built" silicon valley as a conceptual place. And these guys literally built it.