If You Can't Stand The Heat... Go To Canada.

from the Strange-Brew dept

Birds do it. Draft-dodgers do it. Even dot-commers in SF do it. Let's do it. Let's go to Canada. It looks like Canada may be the next Silicon Valley. Yeah, right. You'll notice this story originates from a Canadian source, eh.
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  1. identicon
    Ryan, 9 Oct 2000 @ 8:32am

    Canada brings it home

    I don't think that canada is a bad environment for start-ups (particularly if you take some of the larger tech companies into account, like Nortel) but it just seems to be following the same trend of other US states. I know that I've compared Canada to a US state but in terms of technology adaption from silicon valley it's pretty similar.

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  2. identicon
    Ed Classic, 9 Oct 2000 @ 10:10am

    Sheesh

    What? Silicon Valley is too expensive? Really? Well, I guess we just have to leave the country now.

    49 other states in the Union, but you wouldn't know it from talking to someone in Cali.

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  3. identicon
    Ed Classic, 9 Oct 2000 @ 10:13am

    Re: Sheesh

    Actually, I guess you wouldn't know it from talking to someone in *Canada*. :)

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    Mike (profile), 9 Oct 2000 @ 10:28am

    Funny...

    Funny how this comes just a couple of days after we posted this story about all those crazy Canadians coming on down to Silicon Valley. The combination makes me suspect something is up. They're definitely preparing for some sort of invasion. First they start taking over down here... then they start trying to convince all of us to move up there.... Hmm....

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    Ryan, 9 Oct 2000 @ 11:56am

    Re: Funny...

    It's southpark all over again! Get ready for the invasion guys, I'll fly over from London to join the ranks. US citizens want the right to retain their crime rate at where it is! On second thought, I'll just stay in London and watch you all on the news (those Mounties are tough!).

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  6. identicon
    Ed Classic, 10 Oct 2000 @ 11:54am

    Re: Funny...

    Somebody from London talking about the US crime rate?

    "Pot, meet Kettle."

    link to this | view in thread ]


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