[Info-vax] OT: What happened to the Malborough-Shrewsbury area ?

[Ian Miller]

On Thursday, October 24, 2013 7:47:18 AM UTC+1, JF Mezei wrote:
> The Malborough-Shrewsbury area used to be a hotbed for the computer
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> industry with a lot o R&D done there, Digital, and a whole BUNCH of
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> other companies.
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> They seem to be all gone now. And even Intel is abandonning the old DEC
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> FAB at Hudson.
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> Has this be a big economic blow to the area ? Or was the area diverse
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> enough to widthstand the gradual disapearance of the computer industry ?
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> What has sustained the area since then ?

Both Marlborough and Shrewsbury have farming and tourism - unless you mean some other foreign place not in the UK then I have no idea :-)