Silicon Valley - The Geeks Are Back In Charge?

securitas writes "The New York Times' Steve Lohr reports on a fundamental shift taking place in Silicon Valley in the post-dotcom era: the geeks are back in charge. New start-ups and companies that survived the bubble 'are based on innovation and are run by people with deep technical skills.' These companies have real technology and a solid technical base that have historically been the bedrock of Silicon Valley - something that was temporarily forgotten during the dotcom bubble. Profiled companies include Tellme Networks (speech recognition), InterTrust (DRM - digital rights management), VMware (virtual machines) and Scalix (Linux e-mail servers)."

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[Anonymous Coward]

go jets! J-E-T-S!

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[grub]

The Jets? Winnipeg lost their hockey team in the mid 90s!

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[freeweed]

The Jets? Winnipeg lost their hockey team in the mid 90s!

Yeah, and Phoenix has been sucking ever since.

It's neat, moving from Winnipeg to Calgary. Now I can go watch an NHL team that moved from the US to Canada (the only one IIRC) and snub my nose at idiot "Thrasher" fans.

Yup, 100% Offtopic, and 100% worth the loss of karma just to see *anyone* else on Slashdot who'll post about my beloved Jets!

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[Anonymous Coward]

UR LIE KSO GHEY loololool
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i dont fail it bitch

[Anonymous Coward]

frosty piss!

YOU FAIL IT!

[Anonymous Coward]

Not only do YOU FAIL IT, but YOU FAIL IT to a Jets fan. I mean, it'd be okay failing it to a Chiefs fan, but the Jets? C'mon, the Jets suck. Losing to a Jets fan is just pathetic.

Re:YOU FAIL IT!

[Anonymous Coward]

No, YOU FAIL IT. Shut up and go join the GNAA, you moron.

Worst QOTD

[Anonymous Coward]

And in the heartbreak years that lie ahead, Be true to yourself and the Grateful Dead. -- Joan Baez

Worst. Quote. Of. The. Day. Ever.

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[Anonymous Coward]

You are all my itty-bitty-titties!!!

creator back in charge?

[Anonymous Coward]

& probably having second thoughts about this 'free will' thing?

having watched many of us squander/misuse our infinite gifts, it's no wonder that the creator might be a little peaced off?

get ready to see the light.