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Article #22035Re: where is Silicon Valley?
From: Robert Bowdidge
Date: Sun, 28 Mar 1993 02:07
Date: Sun, 28 Mar 1993 02:07
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In article <marvC4KMn2.Mv8@netcom.com>, marv@netcom.com (Marvin Raab) writes: |> Trying to define the boundaries of Silicon Valley is like trying |> to define the boundaries of USENET. You can't. There's no sign on |> any street saying "Welcome to Silicon Valley" nor is there one |> that says "Now leaving Silicon Valley. Come back soon." It's not even |> recognized by any govenment and the national media think anyplace |> that has a computer compnay near San Francisco is part of it. |> |> Silicon Valley is an area near San Francisco. That's as precise |> a statement as is necessary... And a few companies use as stretched a description as possible. I've seen a couple postings from a company in my home town, San Bruno (next to S.F. Airport), as "in Silicon Valley." Yeah, right. Maybe it's in the "Biotech Mudflats" for its closeness to Genentech and San Francisco Bay. But San Bruno is _not_ Silicon Valley. -- Robert Disclaimer: I obviously don't work for the Chamber of Commerce of SB.
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 106ed4,d6e54166e332a6ca X-Google-Attributes: gid106ed4,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1993-03-27 18:24:51 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!usc!sdd.hp.com!network.ucsd.edu!sdcc12!cs!bowdidge From: bowdidge@cs.ucsd.edu (Robert Bowdidge) Newsgroups: ca.general Subject: Re: where is Silicon Valley? Message-ID: <47001@sdcc12.ucsd.edu> Date: 28 Mar 93 02:07:52 GMT References: <733054908.AA00066@calcom.socal.com> <3410002@pollux.svale.hp.com> <marvC4KMn2.Mv8@netcom.com> Sender: news@sdcc12.ucsd.edu Organization: CSE Dept., U.C. San Diego Lines: 22 Nntp-Posting-Host: beowulf.ucsd.edu