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Since the "list" is getting so long, how does everyone feel about changing the list to something like this:
Adaptec | Adobe Systems | Advanced Micro Devices | Agilent | Altera | Apple Computer | Applied Materials | Atmel | BEA Systems | Cadence Design Systems | Cisco Systems | Cypress Semiconductor | eBay | Electronic Arts | Google | Handspring | Hewlett-Packard | Intel | Intuit | Knight-Ridder | Juniper Networks | Maxtor | McAfee | National Semiconductor | Network Appliance | NVIDIA Corporation | Oracle Corporation | Palm, Inc. | PalmOne, Inc. | PayPal | Rambus | Silicon Graphics | Sun Microsystems | Symantec | Synopsys | Tivo | Verisign | Yahoo!
I've seen this done elsewhere in the 'pedia for lists that get... well... really long. :-) — Frecklefoot | Talk 20:19, Aug 19, 2004 (UTC)
Actually the change got me thinking that one issue is the word "notable". So I looked up the Forbes 500 and broke the list into 2 pieces; now the first part isn't arguable. :-) I did NOT look thru the whole 500 list to try to figure out whether there are SV companies that aren't on our list. Someone could do that, but it might be challenging... Also I could argue that any company that has ever been on the Forbes 500 (or Fortune 500, I suppose) should be listed here... because otherwise it would have to be checked every year, and things like PayPal, which I think got bought by eBay, would disappear from the list whereas it's interesting to note that they were started in SV orginally. Elf | Talk 20:37, 20 Aug 2004 (UTC)
The following company photos are currently featured: Google, Meta, Samsung, Intel, Netflix, Tesla, Adobe, Oracle, PayPal, Yahoo, and Cisco.
I propose to remove Samsung because it's a branch office, Tesla and Oracle because they moved to Texas, and Yahoo because it moved to New York and is now a shadow of its former self. There are hundreds of companies from all over the world which have "innovation center" branch offices in the Bay Area and it's not clear why Samsung is more prominent than the others.
I propose to add the following companies which are still based in the Valley and are prominent: Western Digital and eBay. Any objections? Coolcaesar ( talk) 20:13, 9 July 2023 (UTC)
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You can't have an article about Silicon Valley or the rise of the electronics industry, without mention (at least a paragraph) of Philo Farnsworth (inventor of Television, in his San Francisco laboratory). This is just a suggestion on the talk page for anyone so inclined to make the edit/ addition. Thank you. /info/en/?search=Philo_Farnsworth 2601:647:CD01:1300:988C:8C64:293:C7E1 ( talk) 10:29, 8 July 2024 (UTC)