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Article: Oregon: High tech's second home.
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- March 17, 2007
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Byline: Mike Rogoway
Mar. 17--Few tall pines sprout in Oregon's Silicon Forest, but the state turns out to be pretty good at nurturing transplants.
Intel, IBM, Hewlett-Packard Co. and Xerox Corp. -- all based elsewhere -- have some of their most important corporate functions in Oregon. Several other well-known tech brands, including Google, Yahoo, Dell and Sun Microsystems, have significant outposts in the state.
Motorola Inc. plans to establish an Oregon office this year when it completes the purchase of Lake Oswego-based Tut Systems Inc. And HP announced last month that it will add a Beaverton site with about 80 employees once it finishes the ...