] Health care, most specialists agree, is a field where
] information technology, if properly used, could help
] reduce medical errors and reduce costs. And several
] companies at the forum were venturing into health care.

I feel a bit more qualified to answer this question than most. The answer is yes and no. Yes, companies like Cisco and Sun and even Microsoft will cease (ceased?) to be growth companies because they cannot innovate and branch off fast enough to keep up with the innovation needed. No, in that what Silicon Valley really is, is a place where new ideas can gain support and traction to grow and prosper. If other places could facilitate this, they could easily rob the Valley of it's station as the best place to start a technology oriented business.

Is Silicon Valley similar to Detroit?