[wellylug] [Wellington-pm] Kiwi PyCon Media Statement - "How a programming language is changing the Web"

[Lee Begg]

"Silicon Plains" as it gets called.

There are a lot of electronics and embedded system companies in 
Christchurch. They are mostly centred around Trimble, Allied Telesyn 
Research and PayGlobal in Addington/Riccarton and the CII in the CBD.

Wellington is a lot stronger on IT services and software development, 
but there is a lot of embedded software and increasing amounts of web 
development in Christchurch.


In summary: Wellington - mostly software. Christchurch - mostly hardware.

Regards
Lee Begg
Ex-Wellington, ex-Canterbury Uni, ex-Christchurch, Software Developer in 
Wellington



Sam Vilain wrote:
> On Mon, 2009-10-05 at 22:32 +1300, Tim Knapp wrote:
>   
>> “As Christchurch has the reputation of being the Silicon Valley of New
>> Zealand, 
>>     
>
> Who knew!
>
> I've heard the term "Silicon Welly" before as well - and given the
> number of blue chips here, the amount of central government IT including
> the biggest two - ie IRD and MSD, plus Weta Workshops... not that
> unfair.  Maybe not as much overall compared to Auckland but certainly
> very high for the population of the city.
>
> But Christchurch?  Really?  Did you mean to put the term (in the South
> Island) in there somewhere?
>
> Sorry, don't mean to troll... just really interested as to what would
> make someone say that.
> Sam
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