One of the factors behind the Valley’s success is the technological
powerhouse of Stanford University. After the Second World War, the university
needed cash and decided to lease some of its unused land to the kind of
high-tech companies that would be keen to support the university. For more see
http://www.internetvalley.com/frame-right-svhistory-1.htm.
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