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> Much greatness in him and I wonder what he would have achieved if he had started off in California rather than Essex and Cambridge.

Wow, that's more than a little bit self-important / arrogant. You do realize that Cambridge is home to several huge tech innovators, right (ARM?) And that the UK produces more than its fair share of huge video games (GTA?).

Applying your logic, who knows what that Tim Berners-Lee guy might have achieved if he'd started off in the valley rather than CERN...

"Much greatness in him and I wonder what he would have achieved if he had started off in California rather than Essex and Cambridge."

Maybe nothing great? Consider if Linus didn't have Finnish winters?

Probably not so much. He'd probably have been hired by Atari and making a ton of cash, followed by disappearing into obscurity.