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1、EntrepreneurshipandtechnologyWhere'sBritain9sillGates?Britain，sgovernmentcannotconjureatechnologygiantoutofthinair.ButitcanhelpAug6th2011
2、fromtheprinteditionTweetMEETtheBritishBillGates.HestudiedcomputerscienceatCambridge—droppingouttostarthiscareerinnearby'SiliconFerT.Thenhelaunchedhis
3、ownstart-up,basedat"SiliconRoundaboutM,anewhuboftechfirmsineastLondon.BolsteredbyfinaneefromtheCity,heresistedthelureofaforeigntakeover,ultimatelylistingontheLondonStockExchange.Itisaplausiblebiography—giventhenecessaryadditionofanimalspirits—butanimaginaryone.Britainhasnodigitalequival
4、entofthe18th-centuryindustrialinnovatorswhoturnedtechnologyintocommercialleadership.Itsmorerecentprowessinpharmaceuticalsandbiotechnologyhasnotbeenemulatedinthedigitalsphere.DavidCameron'sgovernmentshouldponderthisfailureandaddressthereasonsforit.Luckisoneofthem,butsoarenationalandEurop
5、eanregulationsandatepidclimateforentrepreneurs.Inthissection•Timeforadoubledip?■BringtheIslamistsin■Cleaner、notcooler■OfdeveloDmentanddictators•»Where'sBritain'sBillGates?ReprintsAnationofdigitalshopkeepersBritainhasoneofthebiggestonlineeconomies.Itsresearchersinventedboththewebandtheco
6、mputer.IthastheEnglishlanguage—whichhelpstolinkitwithCalifornia'sSiliconValleyandIndianhigh-tech——andgreatuniversities.TherearethrivingtechclustersinBristol,Londonandelsewhere(seearticle).MoresothanotherEuropeancountries,BritainshouldbecompetingwithAmericaasatechleader.Yetithasnurturedr
7、elativelyfewbigtechcompaniesandnohugeones.Inparticular,Britainhasvanishinglyfew“pla廿onrTfirms—ie,thesortthat,likeMicrosoft,GoogleorFacebook,havebuiltandmarketedaserviceorpieceofsoftwareonwhichotherbusinessesandapplicationsrely.Thatiswheretherealmoneyis:pla廿ormstendtoyieldlotsofjobsinspi
8、n-offsandanciliaryenterprises.BritainhasAutonomy,whichmakesspecialisedsearchsoftware,andARM,whichdesignsthemicrochipsforApple'siPhones.Bothareleadersintheirfields,butneitherisagiant.Moredamningly,theyaretheonlytwoinnovativetechoutfitsintheFTSEindexofleadingshares・Thereshouldsur
