Which is why, according to Chip, companies like Independence IT are taking over the traditional technology space previously occupied by the local computer guy or technology firm.
He said a single UK integrated energy market, where Scottish consumers and citizens south of the border continued to pay for the incentivisation of renewables technology, would "undoubtedly happen post independence".
It will be interesting to see how Dell balances this independence with its ambition to build an even larger portfolio of technology to solve even more problems for its customers.