From:	Arcady arcady@***.net
Subject:	CorpDL pondering
Date:	Tue, 3 Aug 1999 14:37:37 +700

>> Why does Ares, despite owning Silicon Valley, have the lowest ratings
>> for Computer Hardware, Computer Software, and Cybertechnolgy?
>>
>Because the person(s) who wrote the section on Ares followed what was
>already canon from CFS. What both books missed were some of the other small

>companies that have a big presence in the valley, like Sun, Hewlett-Packard,


>If you want to do Silicon Valley (and the rest of the Bay) right, you have

>to write it up yourself. It all comes down to someone not knowing an area

>writing about it. Which seems to be the usual way things are done.
>Or, it could be that all the hot new companies are located somewhere else,

>but where this might be is never mentioned.

On the other hand. Think about what was here in the San Francisco Bay Area (which
includes the Silicon Valley) in 1860.
Compare that to what's here today. Or how about what was in the Silicon Valley
in 1960. Or for a good majority of it; even 1990 (most of the housing and development
is newer than this).

Places change.

One of the reasons I'd love to get my hands on a global map of SR's version
of 2060... After all a map of the world printed in 1860 would tell me very little
about the power structures and political borders of 1999 or even 1960. Heck
even one from 1939 would have serious issues.