[useflyer]

This parallels Warren Buffet's strategy of residing in Omaha to completely avoid the influence of Wall Street hive-mind thinking.

There's something to be said for uninterrupted focus, whether its an individual coding solo, or a business focused on steady growth.

[fixxer]

Sure... but again, consider their bread and butter client. While the Valley has a large share of government clients (case in point, Palantir), they still have to compete for sophisticated customers (basically, those that can code).

Esri caters to university, state & federal agencies (and military).