Yes. Saw that earlier this evening and had a huge laugh. I guess the mid-term election here really was effective. I doubt anyone believes the Apple witch hunt will continue now.
The British government has been wooing Apple for 25 years in a bid to position the UK as a major player in the booming global tech industry, the publication said.
I like Apple. I don’t Tallest Skil like Apple, but I do like them.
I needed a laugh; haven’t had many for a while.
Aww come on. If you ever need a laugh just randomly pick anything written by DED. It may be really long, but it will almost certainly be a complete joke
Hopefully what I just said was enough to at least get you to smile.
Aww come on. If you ever need a laugh just randomly pick anything written by DED. It may be really long, but it will almost certainly be a complete joke
Hopefully what I just said was enough to at least get you to smile.
Sad tallest skil makes me sad.
Appreciating DED and TS both requires a certain kind of intelligence. You may not have it.
Note that I said "kind" and not "amount." But only because intelligence is unquatifiable.
The British government has been wooing Apple for 25 years in a bid to position the UK as a major player in the booming global tech industry, the publication said.
How? By offering them tax breaks?
Any R&D can be offset against tax. It's how my company has paid very little tax in the UK by having its global R&D centre here.
There isn't one Silicon Valley in the UK. Candidates are Oxford, Cambridge, London ( particularly the area around Old St.) and the Bristol/Bath surroundings.
Aww come on. If you ever need a laugh just randomly pick anything written by DED. It may be really long, but it will almost certainly be a complete joke
Hopefully what I just said was enough to at least get you to smile.
Sad tallest skil makes me sad.
Appreciating DED and TS both requires a certain kind of intelligence. You may not have it.
Note that I said "kind" and not "amount." But only because intelligence is unquatifiable.
Quatifiable or unquatifiable (sic) I'm not sure it takes any kind of intelligence, rather a small bit of effort to understand their senses of humor
It's interesting to see that they've decided to go for an office near the train station rather than to the north of Cambridge, where all of the other tech companies are based. It looks like this is going to be a relatively small R&D office. I'm sure that ARM is the big draw though.
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Ah, I remember my student days there... well actually no so much ... well some but hazy. I vaguely remember climbing up drain pipes to visit my girl friend and punting on the Cam. TG my lysdexia didn't kick in there!
Which college did you go to? Sounds like you were there a bit before my time anyway.
Probably. It's not that the UK is big enough to have dozens of Silicon Valley-like areas anyhow.
This stuff tends to concentrate around top-tier engineering university towns. You're going to find more startups in Mountain View, CA (near Stanford) versus Weed, CA.
I'll defer to the Brits in the audience to confirm (or deny) your inquiry though.
I just pointed out two notable partners in the area. Regardless of whether or not the area is the "UK Silicon Valley", the area remains interesting to Apple Inc. just because those two companies are there.
Businesses locally call it the Cambridge Cluster. Silicon Fen is more media speak.
90 Hills Road is at one of the (if not the...) busiest intesections just off the city centre and firmly in office territory with BizLaw, KPMG, Delloites, numerous language schools & PO Box anonymity land, though Siemens, Sony and now Microsoft are all within yards. The building has great views over Cambridge Botanical Gardens, very limited parking but good access via the station within 1/4 mile. Definitely 'office' and not 'research' territory.
Previous UK business locations for Internationals tended to be in the M4 Corridor, to be nearer London and Heathrow. Now, it's more useful to be nearer centres of excellence. Here in East Anglia that means Cambridge with upwards of 1000 tech companies and lately Norwich for medical, environmental research and biotechnology companies centred around UEA.
You know it's not a flash-in-the-pan development when companies say there aren't enough big houses for their execs within 50 miles of Cambridge, our church congregation echoes with Californian accents and fully half of my near neighbours commute there daily.
He's a troll. No one who identifies themselves as from the UK in these forums likes Apple, without exception.
Really?
I looked but found no sarcasm tags and given your usual low tolerance of uninformed troll'ish commentary, I'll put this one down to a temporary aberration. :rolleyes:
Frankly, Apple might just as well stop all their R&D spending now, unless it’s related to battery technology or the usual incremental improvements. There's no point in trying to invent the next big thing until energy management gets sorted out.
Nothing to see here, just the usual mind-numbing stupidity from Benjamin Frost.
Most people have absolutely no issues with battery life of their Apple products, with efficiency that far exceed industry standards. Typical zealotry and sensational, mocking statements from the resident troll, which have no bearing on reality.
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LOL, one way of putting it.
Well that's going to be interesting to watch. Thanks for the heads up.
Yes. Saw that earlier this evening and had a huge laugh. I guess the mid-term election here really was effective. I doubt anyone believes the Apple witch hunt will continue now.
Maybe he saw this internal Apple video back in the day, it scared him off.
http://youtu.be/W--13mBc788
(Even if it is a bit exaggerated at parts, it's still hilarious)
How? By offering them tax breaks?
This is where Marc Newson will likely work, at least part of the time.
I believe he said he would be based in London.
I needed a laugh; haven’t had many for a while.
Aww come on. If you ever need a laugh just randomly pick anything written by DED. It may be really long, but it will almost certainly be a complete joke
Hopefully what I just said was enough to at least get you to smile.
Sad tallest skil makes me sad.
Appreciating DED and TS both requires a certain kind of intelligence. You may not have it.
Note that I said "kind" and not "amount." But only because intelligence is unquatifiable.
It's sometimes referred to as Silicon Fen
Yes. The patent box.
Quatifiable or unquatifiable (sic) I'm not sure it takes any kind of intelligence, rather a small bit of effort to understand their senses of humor
ARM holdings is based in Cambridge and lots of tech spin offs come from the nearby University.
It's as simple as that. The brains have been living and working in that area since ARM was owned by Acorn Computers who designed the BBC B.
It's interesting to see that they've decided to go for an office near the train station rather than to the north of Cambridge, where all of the other tech companies are based. It looks like this is going to be a relatively small R&D office. I'm sure that ARM is the big draw though.
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Ah, I remember my student days there... well actually no so much ... well some but hazy. I vaguely remember climbing up drain pipes to visit my girl friend and punting on the Cam. TG my lysdexia didn't kick in there!
Which college did you go to? Sounds like you were there a bit before my time anyway.
He's a troll. No one who identifies themselves as from the UK in these forums likes Apple, without exception.
UK based Apple fanboy here and proud of it ????
Businesses locally call it the Cambridge Cluster. Silicon Fen is more media speak.
90 Hills Road is at one of the (if not the...) busiest intesections just off the city centre and firmly in office territory with BizLaw, KPMG, Delloites, numerous language schools & PO Box anonymity land, though Siemens, Sony and now Microsoft are all within yards. The building has great views over Cambridge Botanical Gardens, very limited parking but good access via the station within 1/4 mile. Definitely 'office' and not 'research' territory.
Previous UK business locations for Internationals tended to be in the M4 Corridor, to be nearer London and Heathrow. Now, it's more useful to be nearer centres of excellence. Here in East Anglia that means Cambridge with upwards of 1000 tech companies and lately Norwich for medical, environmental research and biotechnology companies centred around UEA.
You know it's not a flash-in-the-pan development when companies say there aren't enough big houses for their execs within 50 miles of Cambridge, our church congregation echoes with Californian accents and fully half of my near neighbours commute there daily.
Really?
I looked but found no sarcasm tags and given your usual low tolerance of uninformed troll'ish commentary, I'll put this one down to a temporary aberration. :rolleyes:
Nothing to see here, just the usual mind-numbing stupidity from Benjamin Frost.
Most people have absolutely no issues with battery life of their Apple products, with efficiency that far exceed industry standards. Typical zealotry and sensational, mocking statements from the resident troll, which have no bearing on reality.