I think there's a lot of groupthink going on in the Silicon Valley echochamber. The examples I came up with were just on the top of my head, not outliers in any way. Here are a few more just for kicks.
fogbugz, Alcatel/Lucent, Ericsson, Nokia, Siemens, Avid, IBM, Ubisoft, Research in motion, Sierra, Kazaa, Joost, Dell.
The tech-world doesn't revolve around Silicon Valley. There are actually other tech hubs, and there are important tech companies being started in other parts of the world. The valley is important, but not that important.
fogbugz, Alcatel/Lucent, Ericsson, Nokia, Siemens, Avid, IBM, Ubisoft, Research in motion, Sierra, Kazaa, Joost, Dell.
The tech-world doesn't revolve around Silicon Valley. There are actually other tech hubs, and there are important tech companies being started in other parts of the world. The valley is important, but not that important.