i think the point GP is making is that Mass's tech sector might be actively hindered because of non-competes, and that without the universities, who knows if it would exist at all.
Oh, I think it's obvious that, absent a concentration of world-class research universities, MA would not have developed the sort of concentration of technology-oriented companies that it's had over the years.
I'll just add that I'm not sure how common non-competes actually were in the MA computer industry. I certainly never saw one until the company I was with was acquired by EMC in about 2000. What is true is that people tended to stay with companies a long time but I don't have any evidence that non-competes played a big role in that.
I'll just add that I'm not sure how common non-competes actually were in the MA computer industry. I certainly never saw one until the company I was with was acquired by EMC in about 2000. What is true is that people tended to stay with companies a long time but I don't have any evidence that non-competes played a big role in that.