[adhesive_wombat]

Plenty of things that used to be Philips are still in Eindhoven, like NXP (semiconductors) and Signify (lighting, including Hue). Philips has been a huge part of what made the Eindhoven area a high-tech industry hub, even if much of it is under new ownership structures.

[FirmwareBurner]

Yes, in the past. That's what I said Philips is irelevant today. You're not contradicting me.

[adhesive_wombat]

It's not irrelevant to why Eindhoven is how it is today, in the same way that HP is a split-up shadow of what is former influential self, but it's partly why Google now is in Silicon Valley.

[FirmwareBurner]

Just because it was relevant in the past doesn't mean it's also somehow relevant today if it stopped innovating, and it has. Glorious history doesn't pay your bills or increase your stock.