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."

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is this why ... ?

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I could see why countries were internet access isn't common but technology is at a reasonible level ...

is this why Romania is also the global center for Excellence for carrier pigeon breeders?