Garages have mythic power in Silicon Valley

Iria · Dec 6, 2005, 11:34 PM

PALO ALTO, California (Reuters) - Garages are a thing of lore in Silicon Valley.

Tucked away down a narrow driveway on a leafy, quiet street here is perhaps the most famous garage in the valley and, arguably, in all of the technology industry.
It is the garage in which David Packard and William Hewlett launched Hewlett-Packard Co., now the world's second-largest computer maker and the biggest printer maker, which they founded in 1939 and named with a coin toss.

Long considered the birthplace of Silicon Valley, the 12-by-18-foot garage was the initial spark for the now-thriving technology business in a region that has given way to business parks, corporate campuses, suburbs and malls from the fruit orchards of the early 20th century.
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Iria DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 7,275 Rep Power: 87	Garages have mythic power in Silicon Valley PALO ALTO, California (Reuters) - Garages are a thing of lore in Silicon Valley. Tucked away down a narrow driveway on a leafy, quiet street here is perhaps the most famous garage in the valley and, arguably, in all of the technology industry. It is the garage in which David Packard and William Hewlett launched Hewlett-Packard Co., now the world's second-largest computer maker and the biggest printer maker, which they founded in 1939 and named with a coin toss. Long considered the birthplace of Silicon Valley, the 12-by-18-foot garage was the initial spark for the now-thriving technology business in a region that has given way to business parks, corporate campuses, suburbs and malls from the fruit orchards of the early 20th century. ___________ Read More / Source: Yahoo! News