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Kappos: Over time we’re going to have to reoptimize to use the new Detroit office. People in Detroit are very excited about this. Some people are asking, ‘can we select Detroit to evaluate us?’ We want to enable people to buy & sell IP in the same way that buy & sell cars. IBM, I.B.M.,

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To interconnect these computers we needed IP-based telecommunications equipment build by the likes of Cisco Systems and Juniper Networks. It was always more likely that auto industry commerce prowess would come from LA or Detroit. I don’t need to tell you what else is LA … SnapChat, Whisper, Tinder.