Haynie is moving his software startup Appcelerator Inc., which had $1 million in revenue last year, to Mountain View, Calif., lured by $4 million in funding and the prospect of operating out of the tech industry’s Shangri-La.

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Adding it all up leaves Haynie to conclude: “If you’re just a guy coming out of college, you’ve got a dream, you’ve got a really good idea, it’s impossible to be able to raise money and create a community around what you’re doing.”

Appcelerator isn't really my thing, but it does seem to have a lot of value for large companies developing rich internet apps. Anyway, its not surprising to see that Jeff is leaving town.

Frankly, I don't know what the startup scene is like in Munich, but Atlanta is hosed one way or the other. For a tech startup, there is no advantage to being in Atlanta as compared to any bumfuck part of the United States. I honestly believe that for my startup(s), the personal edge I gain from swimming or surfing in the ocean every day in a small town in Florida is larger than any advantage I got by living in Atlanta.

Sanjay Parekh's comments here. Lance Weatherby's comments here.

Haynie’s move to California makes local tech quake - Atlanta Business Chronicle: