Places Where the World's Tech Pools, Despite the Internet

Slatterz writes "A decade ago people were talking about the death of distance, and how the internet would make physical geography irrelevant. This has not come to pass; there are still places around the world that are hubs of technology just as there are for air travel, product manufacturing or natural resource exploitation. This list of the ten best IT centres of excellence includes some interesting trivia about Station X during the Second World War, why Romania is teeming with software developers, Silicon Valley, Fort Meade Maryland, and Zhongguancun in China, where Microsoft is building its Chinese headquarters."

Comments

Microsoft in China

[Anonymous Coward]

At least Microsoft learned after Hindusoft Vista not to do any more R&D in India. Being one of "the best and the brightest" from India doesn't mean crap.

Re:Silicon Valley = Cultural Diversity

[mgblst]

Probably directly proportional to how nice you are to animals. In some places, they don't like it when you shoot animals for fun.