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  • From: Eric Knisley <knisley AT virtual-reality.com>
  • To: InterNetWorkers <internetworkers AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
  • Subject: Re: most massive internet concentration moves to DC
  • Date: Thu, 14 Oct 1999 12:22:51 -0500


I was in DC just a couple weeks ago, working with some VR people and
Compaq computers. There are projects going there that dwarf anything
local--orbital cameras that can read license plates from space in
near-real-time, etc. The companies I spoke to all mentioned the fact
that we are just a few hours from the capitol area, and seemed to think
that was an advantage.
--ek

Paul Jones wrote:
>
> the biggest federal feedtrougth is now the biggest high tech area says the
> NYTimes (see below). I was there this past weekend and yes many many folks
> there are and have been involved in mega-projects whilst west coasters
> have been smaller by comparison (say to AOL or EDS). are we the fringe of
> DC?
>
> INFORMATION SUPERHIGHWAY IS JUST OUTSIDE THE BELTWAY
>
> The Washington area has been growing as a technological center in recent
> years, and now employs more high-tech workers than California's Silicon
> Valley or Boston's Route 128. Although Washington is most commonly
> associated with the federal government, the region's 470,000 high-tech
> workers now outnumber its 350,000 federal government employees. Although
> Silicon Valley and Route 128 remain the leaders by measures of
> manufacturing and industry profits, Washington is now the home of over
> 9,000 tech firms. Many of the area's residents, including those employed
> by the government, are migrating to Internet, computer services, telecom,
> aerospace, and biotechnology businesses. For example at America Online,
> the largest tech firm in the Washington area, most public relations
> employees came to the company from politics or government jobs. Adding to
> the region's tech growth, Amazon.com today announced that it will open a
> national data center in the Virginia suburbs. (New York Times 10/12/99)
>
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