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Re:Hype and plunder: Domo a new low for self-indulgent IPOs by pm90 on Tuesday June 05, 2018 @11:47AM (#17238797)
Its a lazy way to jump on the SV bandwagon. So Austin is/was known as Silicon Hills or something and there are many other Silicon Something monikers for other places.
Re:Hype and plunder: Domo a new low for self-indulgent IPOs by toomanybeersies on Wednesday June 06, 2018 @01:27AM (#17244549)
I've heard it called Silicon Prairie, which it was called way back in the 70's and 80's. It does make sense though, since Texas Instruments and various computer companies were based there, which is the same reason Silicon Valley got its name.

If anything, Austin is more deserving of the "Silicon X" moniker than the Bay Area, as TI invented the silicon transistor and the integrated circuit.

Re:Hype and plunder: Domo a new low for self-indulgent IPOs by retr0grad3 on Tuesday June 05, 2018 @12:28PM (#17239296)
Silicon Hills actually refers to the boom in chip manufacturing in ATX in the 80s and 90s. After the dot-can boom and bust it now has the “like Silicon Valley but ‘weirder’” connotation.
Re:Hype and plunder: Domo a new low for self-indulgent IPOs by yongjik on Tuesday June 05, 2018 @04:27PM (#17241703)
Well, at least they copied the meaningful part of "Silicon Valley". In Korea we have Pangyo Valley and Teheran Valley. (And no, they aren't valleys.)
Re:Hype and plunder: Domo a new low for self-indulgent IPOs by DonHopkins on Tuesday June 05, 2018 @05:33PM (#17242293)
Silicon Sinkhole
Re:Hype and plunder: Domo a new low for self-indulgent IPOs by stordoff on Tuesday June 05, 2018 @05:59PM (#17242448)
I sometimes hear Cambridge referred to as Silicon Fen, and always thought it was dumb (there should be enough strength in the Cambridge name on its own).
Re:Hype and plunder: Domo a new low for self-indulgent IPOs by bartread on Tuesday June 05, 2018 @07:01PM (#17242868)
I agree, and particularly so since Cambridge itself isn't even in The Fens.
Re:Hype and plunder: Domo a new low for self-indulgent IPOs by hpcjoe on Tuesday June 05, 2018 @04:11PM (#17241559)
I wonder which state will be Silicon Commode ...
Re:Hype and plunder: Domo a new low for self-indulgent IPOs by thewhitestguy on Wednesday June 06, 2018 @04:12AM (#17245262)
California.