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Re:Strapped startup declines acquihire, Apple poaches key en... by jrott on Sunday October 04, 2020 @08:41PM (#24683504)
The just so story that is told about this is with no non compete there would be no Intel. The founders would have all been stuck at Fairchild.
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Re:Strapped startup declines acquihire, Apple poaches key en... by kps on Sunday October 04, 2020 @11:32PM (#24684333)
> The founders would have all been stuck at Fairchild.

The founders of Fairchild would all have been stuck at Shockley.

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Re:Strapped startup declines acquihire, Apple poaches key en... by nradov on Sunday October 04, 2020 @09:36PM (#24683790)
That was one key factor behind the original growth of Silicon Valley. The others were the presence of several excellent universities, and a high level of funding from the military-industrial complex during the Cold War.
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