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Could you explain the phrase "fashion of technology" more? It sounds like you're making an over-generalization based on the last few years of "social" while ov

• david927 12y ago
  What made SV great was that it was, up to the 80's, the place where the foundations of technology were created. We've been building on those foundations since then and we've come to the point now where it's clear how frivolous it's become. We can't take it any further so we're adding pastel colors and glitter. It's become a series of fads. The 'great' tech companies of today's SV are no different than the 'great' lines coming out of Milan this season. Both will be gone when winter arrives having added nothing. It was a poor place to make the comment; it wasn't on topic. My apologies. But when the comment was made that zillions of startups would be wiped out, and that we would notice, I wanted to clarify that we might notice but only in the most superficial way possible. Yes, it's a generalization -- there are always exceptions, and there are large tech companies there, but there are large companies in every major metropolitan area. If HP can't brand laptops for a year, I think we'll somehow manage to all survive. I made the comment because I wanted to correct what I saw as an antiquated notion: that SV was different from Houston or Singapore. It used to be. It's not anymore.