One Intel boss notes that Arizona is a good place to build a new chip manufacturing plant, but the technical skill available in the workforce is not yet enough to make it tempting to move Intel's design centre out of California.

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And in 1997, his current wife who had suffered through the cold, snowy winter of 1996, persuaded Kadambi to move out to California.

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He worked out of his home for a couple of years, but as he won case after case against southern California school districts, he could afford to move out of his home office and partner with another lawyer.

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