[puzzle-out]

Interesting that the article mentions Michael Birch, UK born but as they point out made it in SV - then again, Birch has invested in some uk based web startups. SV has it all, really, except one thing, which America lacks in general: a culture of quality. Europe has this, and as IT growth slows down for good, there will be more lucrative opportunities in fixing existing technologies that were originally rushed out in the US.