Which way to go?

Silicon Valley no longer needs Wall Street.
By Chris Taylor, Business 2.0 Magazine senior editor March 7 2007: 6:28 AM EST
As Wall Street quakes, Silicon Valley yawns - Business 2.0 via Valleywag

おいおい、つい先日IPOブームが帰ってきたなんてことを言ってたくせに、ちょっと株が下がったら正反対の記事載せるのかよwwwww いくら書き手が別だからといっても、同じBusiness 2.0という特集の中で、これだけ短期間に矛盾したものを公表してCNNは平気なのかね?

Get ready for a tidal shift. Judging by the number of companies that have already filed or indicated that they might, 2007 is shaping up to be the biggest year for initial public offerings in the tech world since the end of the dotcom bubble in 2000.
By Michael V. Copeland, Business 2.0 Magazine senior writer February 20 2007: 3:03 PM EST
Tech IPOs: They're back! - Business 2.0

Valleywagは、買収市場は死にかけており、Wall Street出身者がConnecticut郊外に設立したprivate equity firmsが新たな主役なのだと言っているが、

Hasn't anyone noticed that the internet acquisition market is moribund?
And those private equity firms -- many of them staffed by Wall Street exiles who simply started taking the train up to private equity houses in the Connecticut suburbs, are funneling money as recklessly as their counterparts ever did back during the last bubble. Silicon Valley may no longer need Wall Street. It needs Greenwich, Connecticut, instead. The more things change, the more they stay the same.
Silicon Valley's illusory independence – Valleywag

private equityとVCに大した違いはないと思うんだが??