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Where is Europe's Silicon Valley?

posted by martyb on Sunday June 21 2015, @10:42AM   Printer-friendly
from the on-the-other-side-of-the-mountain dept.

kaszz writes:

The New York Times has a story that delves into a conundrum faced by Europeans: Why are there few, if any, technology companies from Europe with the size and reach of American tech giants like Google, Amazon, and Apple?

The article hypothesizes that, even though employment regulations and other business and legal factors play a role, it's actually deeply-embedded cultural differences that are the primary cause, citing less aversion to risk-taking, less stigma from business failures such as bankruptcies, little or no stigma from leaving and rejoining a company which is seen as disloyal in European cultures, more acceptance of disruptive innovation, and a less rigid educational system that allows individuals to find their own form of success.

(Considering the many indications that US schools now train for tests, not knowledge, perhaps alternatives to school are more attractive.)

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  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by c0lo on Sunday June 21 2015, @05:00PM

    by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Sunday June 21 2015, @05:00PM (#199121) Journal

    Arm is not actually manufactured enywhere in europe, the fabs or in other places.

    Let me cite an 17y+ movie [wikipedia.org]: "American components, Russian Components, ALL MADE IN TAIWAN!" So why does matter? If the Chinese are able to fabs without being able to design a CPU*, why is this a problem for someone who can design?

    * not quite true [wikipedia.org], but surprise: BLX (the designer of Longsoon) is fabless. Guess who fabs them? STMicroelectronics [wikipedia.org], which

    STMicroelectronics is a French-Italian multinational electronics and semiconductor manufacturer headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland.

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    In europe we have our identity in artists and composers now many decades dead, and in misinformation about one or other countries liberal lifestyle...

    You are mistaken and, as I see, in a pessimistic mood (are you Russian? Even so, it's summer there, can't get a reason for the gloomy mood). Science and innovation takes place in Europe more that in US nowadays, US is wasting itself like hell in destructive endeavours (their fault, nobody pushed Bush into Iraq). I gave you the links before, have some others.
    * Rosetta [wikipedia.org] landing on the comet is European
    * 3D printed space thrusters [soylentnews.org] are European ("We produce 150–200 thrusters in this class per year for different customers")

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  • (Score: 3, Informative) by zugedneb on Sunday June 21 2015, @07:56PM

    by zugedneb (4556) on Sunday June 21 2015, @07:56PM (#199177)

    interview with the maker of it:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jOJl8gRPyQ [youtube.com]

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