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Old Posted Nov 3, 2017, 9:13 PM
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Originally Posted by KevinFromTexas View Post
No kidding. IBM opened an office in Austin in 1937 and had a factory here by 1967, as did Texas Instruments. Motorola came in 1974, MCC in 1983 along with 3M. Dell didn't come until 1984 after all of those. Austin's been a "tech city" however you want to define that for half a century, which is pretty amazing when you think about it.
Thanks for the history, that really is impressive. Do you think it was because of UT?
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