Sat 20 Jan 2007
Is Boston the PC and San Fran the Mac?
Posted by David under 93 Site , B2B , B2C , Blogs , Humor , New England , Opinion , Start-Up , Tech , Web , Web 2.0[5] Comments
I’ve been reading a few threads lately about the difference between the East and West Coast technology markets and I wanted to respond with some witty breakdown of the cultural differences between the two markets. I wanted to stand-up for the small start-ups who have had difficulty getting the attention of the technology establishment here on the East Coast. However, as I was outlining the salient points of my argument and attempting to find an image to hang my post on it hit me…Is Boston the PC and San Fran the Mac?
I’m not actually making a “digg” at Boston (where I am based) or the East Coast but more of an observation that may hold the key to why the East Coast is so cautious and, as a result, lagging well behind the West Coast when it comes to web innovation. The image of the “PC guy” and the “Mac guy” from the popular Mac television commercials works on so many levels as a metaphor for the 2 markets that it has inspired me to start another open-source commercial script project…
HELP WRITE THE EAST vs WEST COAST WEB 2.0 COMMERCIAL SPOOF
The idea is not about the great web based start-ups in the Boston area…it’s about some of the traditional East Coast tech execs that tried getting jiggy with that web 2.0 thing only after some start-ups starting getting attention (unfortunately, recent developments may send them back into their shells).
I’ll set the stage…East Coast has decided to hold it’s own web 2.0 conference….
“Hey West Coast…I’m holding a Web 2.0 conference and I’ve got a set of huge web 2.0 speakers as my keynotes…I’ve got big execs from Lycos, EMC and Genzyme!”
“ Great EC. Lycos? …are they still around?”
Keep the script going…add your own comments.
January 21st, 2007 at 12:04 pm
…PC’s have way out-sold macs.
January 21st, 2007 at 1:11 pm
Must admit, it’s funny.
But, it’ll be interesting to see how this year shapes up for the high-flying west coast companies.
January 22nd, 2007 at 8:58 am
True – there is a bit of a “correction” on the way but I also see that there is potential for another round of big start-up news in 2007…potentially in the B2B sector, which might be better suited to the East Coast.
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